Court Rules in Favor of Executed Victim’s Family
The family of an American plantation operator who was tortured and then killed by a Cuban firing squad was awarded $400 million in damages. The country of Cuba, Fidel Castro and other senior Cuban officials were found guilty of violating U.S. antitorture and extra-judicial killing laws by Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Thomas S. Wilson Jr. The family still faces the challenge of actually collecting the damages.
Tags: personal injury law, Wrongful Death
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