Acosta v. the Islamic Republic of Iran

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• concluding that punitive damages were warranted to punish Iran for its material support of terrorist groups
• awarding $3.5 million in pain and suffering damages to a plaintiff who “was present at the time of the shooting and thus suffered her own emotional distress in the face of gunfire and as a result of having witnessed her husband’s shooting firsthand”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).