Hencely v. Fluor Corp. · ¶3

In 2016, a Taliban operative working for respondent Fluor Corporation, a military contractor, carried out a suicide- bomb attack at Bagram Airfeld in Afghanistan. After then- Army Specialist Winston T. Hencely confronted him, the bomber detonated his suicide vest. As a result of the injuries he received, Hencely is now permanently disabled. In an effort to recover damages for his injuries, Hencely sued Fluor, bringing state-law tort claims for negligently retaining and supervising the attacker. According to Hencely and the United States military, Fluor's conduct was not authorized by the military and even violated instructions the military had given it as a condition of operating on the base.

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