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National Law Journal Article Judge awards $1.2B in damages against Iran for 1983 Beirut bombing Page 1 of 3 Welcome to the New Law.com. Click here to register and get started. Sign Out | My Account This Site Law.com Network Legal Web National News Washington News 30 Day Free Trial Home Legal Business Law Schools Columns Verdicts Opinion Video Center Blog NLJ Home > News > Judge awards $1.2B in damages against Iran for 1983 Beirut bombing Font Size: Judge awards $1.2B in damages against Iran for 1983 Beirut bombing Zoe Tillman Contact All Articles The National Law Journal December 22, 2011 Advertisement Print Email Reprints & Permissions Post a Comment A Washington federal judge on Dec. 21 issued a final judgment of $1.2 billion in damages against the government of Iran for its role in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth found the Iranian government liable for the bombing in December 2006. Since then, a special master has been working to come up with a figure for damages. Heideman Nudelman & In the order , Lamberth approved $227 million in compensatory Kalik's Richard damages under the state-sponsored terrorism exception to the Heideman Image: Legal Times / Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, along with $955 million in Roberto Westbrook punitive damages. Find similar content "The Court concludes that defendants Iran and [Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security] must be punished to the fullest extent legally possible for the bombing in Beirut on October Companies, agencies mentioned 23, 1983," Lamberth wrote, adding that, "this Court hopes that the victims and their families Key categories may find some measure of solace from this Court's final judgment." Most viewed stories The bombing killed 241 people and injured many more. Iran was accused of supporting The 2011 Law Firm Billing Survey Hezbollah, which was believed to have carried out the attack. The case at issue in Lamberth's order yesterday is one of several civil lawsuits brought against Iran since then. Duncan School of Law denied The plaintiffs are family members of those killed, along with service members who were accreditation injured. A nationwide sampling of law firm Lead plaintiffs' counsel, Richard Heideman of Washington's Heideman Nudelman & Kalik billing rates said in an e-mail that, "this is an important victory for the Marines who lost life and limb as a Study: Jurors can't distinguish direct result of the Iranian sponsored bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut." between knowing and reckless conduct "This judgment stands to hold Iran accountable for its unrelenting support of terrorism," Heideman wrote. "We are pleased that these American victims and their families have Spurned by the ABA, law school received their due justice from the Court and we will continue our efforts to fight for these strikes back with antitrust suit victims and other American victims of terror." Although Lamberth found Iran liable in 2006, the final judgment was delayed because in 2008, in light of legislation creating a new state-sponsored terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, the plaintiffs filed to have the new statute apply retroactively. Alan Balaran of the Law Office of Alan L. Balaran in Washington was appointed as the http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202536519679 12/23/2011 Judge awards $1.2B in damages against Iran for 1983 Beirut bombing Page 2 of 3 special master to sort out damages. Lamberth adopted the majority of the Balaran's Welcome to the New Law.com. Click here to register and get started. 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