CALDERON–CARDONA v. DEM. PEOPLE’S REP. OF KOREA
Cite as 723 F.Supp.2d 441 (D.Puerto Rico 2010)
eral Intelligence Bureau (CGIB) in his action for wrongful death, personal injury
and related torts pursuant to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA); attack had
horrendous impact on citizen and his family, all in addition to having been subjected
to terrorist organization’s violent attack,
being injured, and having had to deal with
murder of several friends, and while citizen escaped significant physical harm from
shooting, he was reminded daily of coming
under fire himself and watching innocent
people be murdered.
28 U.S.C.A.
§ 1605A.
9. Assault and Battery O38, 40
Wife of American citizen who was injured in terrorist machine gun attack at
Israeli airport was entitled to $10,000,000
in compensatory damages, jointly and severally, from Democratic People’s Republic
of North Korea (North Korea) and its
Cabinet General Intelligence Bureau
(CGIB) in his action for wrongful death,
personal injury and related torts pursuant
to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
(FSIA); wife lost benefit of strong and
loving husband, suffered trauma of injuring of her husband by terrorist organization, and endured daily disruption to her
family life and her relationship with her
husband, as she had to attend daily to
husband’s deteriorating state of mind, and
she herself had become permanently depressed and disabled.
28 U.S.C.A.
§ 1605A.
10. Assault and Battery O39
Death O95(1)
Family members of American citizens,
who were killed or injured in terrorist
machine gun attack at Israeli airport, were
entitled to punitive damages in amount of
1.
Today, Lod Airport is known as Ben–Gurion
International Airport.
2.
Pablo Tirado–Ayala passed away on December 29, 2009 for reasons unrelated to the
attack. On June 28, 2010 the Court substitut-
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$300 million in their action against Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea
(North Korea) and its Cabinet General
Intelligence Bureau (CGIB) for wrongful
death, personal injury and related torts
pursuant to Foreign Sovereign Immunities
Act (FSIA); North Korea had demonstrated and well-known policy to encourage,
support and direct a campaign of murder
against civilians, and although North Korea’s budget for terrorism was not known,
award was in accordance with settled case
law regarding amount of punitive damages
in terrorism cases. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1605A.
Manuel San–Juan–Demartino, Manuel
San Juan Law Office, San Juan, PR, PHV
Joshua Glatter, New Jersey, NJ, PHV
Robert Tolchin, The Berkman Law Office,
LLC, Brooklyn, NY, PHV Aaron A.
Schlanger, PHV Gary M. Osen, PHV Naomi Blank Weinberg, Osen LLC, Oradell,
NJ, for Plaintiffs.
OPINION AND ORDER
BESOSA, District Judge.
Introduction
This is a civil action for wrongful death,
personal injury and related torts pursuant
to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
(the ‘‘FSIA’’), 28 U.S.C. § 1605A, arising
from a terrorist machine-gun attack at Israel’s Lod Airport 1 on May 30, 1972 (the
‘‘Lod Airport Attack’’).
American citizen Carmelo Calderon–Molina (‘‘Carmelo’’) was murdered in the Lod
Airport Attack and American citizen Pablo
Tirado–Ayala (‘‘Pablo’’) was injured in the
attack.2
ed Angel Luis Ramirez–Colon as the Party of
Interest in lieu of Pablo Tirado–Ayala, based
upon the fact that he is the sole and universal
heir of plaintiff Pablo Tirado–Ayala. (Docket
No. 35.)