Baker v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahirya

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• awarding $150,000,000 in punitive damages against Syria for each of three Americans shot in execution-style by terrorist hijackers, for a total punitive award of $450,000,000
• permitting plaintiffs injured in state-sponsored terrorist bombings to recover for personal injuries, including pain and suffering, under tort of “intentional infliction of emotional distress”
• awarding an upward departure of 25% where the sister of the deceased victim “had to be hospitalized for asthma and shock ... and has battled depression ever since
• finding that an award of punitive damages warranted where “defendants supported, protected, harbored, aided, abetted, enabled, sponsored, conspired with, and subsidized a known 12 To sum up, the awards of solatium damages to the family-member Plaintiffs is as follows: (1
• awarding an upward departure where a solatium plaintiff was hospitalized for three days due to asthma, shock, and emotional distress
• permitting 3 plaintiffs injured in state-sponsored terrorist bombings to recover for personal injuries, including pain and suffering, under tort of “intentional infliction of emotional distress”

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