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Blackwater Loses Bid to Reject Wrongful Death Suit in Afghan Plane Crash

Blackwater Loses Bid to Reject Wrongful Death Suit in Afghan Plane Crash

In 2004, three Army soldiers and three Blackwater employees died when a plane operated by a Blackwater subsidiary crashed in Afghanistan. The families of the soldiers filed a wrongful death suit. Blackwater has claimed the lawsuit should be dismissed, but last week three judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta rejected that argument. We speak to the families’ attorney, Robert Spohrer. [includes rush transcript]

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