Law360, New York (May 16, 2011, 6:18 PM ET) -- Dyncorp Aerospace Operations LLC asked a Washington federal judge on Monday to toss a suit by a group of Ecuadoreans allegedly injured during a drug eradication operation, saying it was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity as a government contractor.
Dyncorp claimed in a motion for summary judgment that it performed the aerial spraying of cocaine crops in Columbia that allegedly injured the plaintiffs as part of a contract with the U.S. Department of State and with express authorization from Congress, which it said supported a full...
Dyncorp Seeks Immunity In Drug Crop Spraying Suit
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