Contractor Plane Crash Case Looks to SCOTUS on Immunity Issue

Military contractors and subcontractors are watching to see if the Supreme Court will take up a case that would settle the question of who should be liable for the actions of Pentagon contractors in areas with active conflict.

The case involves a 2010 plane crash in Afghanistan in which eight people died, and the air traffic controllers were subcontractors of the U.S. military. Midwest Air Traffic Control Service Inc. asked the court in December to rule on the issue, arguing that it should not be held liable for the deaths because of the U.S. government’s immunity from negligence claims for ...