Oveissi v. Islamic Republic of Iran

How courts have described this case

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• finding 50% upward deviation from the Heiser baseline warranted because minor plaintiff was forced to go into hiding with armed guards after his grandfather’s death
• awarding a 50 percent enhancement due to the family member’s lifelong emotional trauma including depression, anger, and alcoholism following the victim’s death
• “[C]hildren [of deceased victims] received $5 million . . . .”
• requiring “medical proof” to justify upward departure
• awarding a 50 percent enhancement

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