Family seeks Supreme Court in $100M lawsuit for Parris Island Marine recruit’s death – By Philip Athey (Marine Corps Times) / Feb 6 2020
The parents of a Marine recruit who died during training at Parris Island, South Carolina, have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of their $100 million wrongful death lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims Raheel Siddiqui had to “endure torture, maltreatment and abuse,” at least in part because he was Muslim.
Originally filed in 2017, the lawsuit was dismissed in 2019 by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals based on the Feres Doctrine, which courts repeatedly have used to block lawsuits against the government for wrongful death or medical malpractice.
Siddiqui’s parents, Ghazala and Masood, are now asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the Feres Doctrine applies to alleged military negligence that takes place during the recruiting process before a civilian joins the military, The Detroit News first reported.
The petition was docketed with the court Jan. 22 and the petition is no guarantee that the high court will actually hear the case.
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