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Family of Dead U.S. Soldier Sues U.K. Private Military Company

HeadlineOct 30, 2007

Meanwhile, the British private military company Erinys has been sued in Texas over the death of a U.S. soldier who died after being hit by one of the company’s convoys in Iraq. The lawsuit was filed by Perry Monroe, father of Christopher Monroe, who died in southern Iraq two years ago. The lawsuit accuses the Erinys convoy of ignoring warnings and traveling at excessive speed after dark without lights fully on. At the time of the incident, the British company was working under a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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