Fluor Should Again Face Bombing Suit, Soldier Tells High Court

A US soldier injured in a suicide bombing at an Army base in Afghanistan asked the US Supreme Court to revive his lawsuit accusing defense contractor Fluor Corp. of negligence.

Winston Hencely contends that Fluor didn’t do enough to protect him from Ahmad Nayeb, who detonated his explosive vest bomb on Nov. 12, 2016, resulting in six deaths and injuries to Hencely and 16 others.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found that the combatant-activities exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act barred Hencely’s suit. The exception exists to preclude state regulation of US military conduct and ...