Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Jury finds bank liable for suicide bombings in Israel

The New York Post reports:
In a landmark verdict, a Brooklyn federal jury Monday​ ​found that a Jordanian bank is liable for knowingly supporting terror operations connected to 24 attacks that killed or injured Americans in the Middle East during the early 2000s.

Roughly 300 victims of those terror attacks in Israel and the occupied territories sued Arab Bank for knowingly transacting with members of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.

After two days of deliberation, the jury found the banking giant liable for every one of the attacks — from bus bombings to an explosion at a Sbarro pizzeria.

Jurors found the bank liable for transferring cash to operatives and handling death benefits of $5,300 apiece to families of suicide bombers from a Saudi charity group.
Will we get more lawsuits like this?