Litigation
Nov. 30, 2016
Judge tosses Twitter suit over terror attack
The plaintiff could not overcome protections of the Communications Decency Act.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A widow's claim that Twitter Inc. was complicit in the ISIS-inspired terrorist attack that killed her husband was dismissed again Friday by a San Francisco federal judge.
Plaintiff Tamara Fields' husband, Lloyd, was shot and killed by a local police officer in Jordan while working as a U.S. government contractor in November 2015. Shortly after, ISIS claimed responsibil...
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