Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran

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• observing that the “strict meaning of immediate family[]’” is “one’s spouse, parents, siblings, and children”
• opining that non-adoptive stepfathers are functionally the same as biological fathers when they lived in the same household while the victims were minors and the stepparent treated the children as their own financially, emotionally, and socially
• opining that non-adoptive stepfathers are functionally the same as biological fathers when they lived in the same household while the victims were minors and the stepparent treated the children as their own financially, emotionally, and socially
• documenting how Linda Falter, Shawn's step-mother, \functioned as Shawn's mother-fulfilling all aspects of such a relationship-from the time Shawn was approximately four years old until his death.\
• applying “general principles of tort law,” such as the Restatement (Second) of Torts, to determine liability
• applying “general principles of tort law,” such as the Restatement (Second) of Torts, to determine liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).