Suit over Taylor Marine recruit's death heads to Supreme Court

[Peter1469]

Suit over Taylor Marine recruit's death heads to Supreme Court

This will be an interesting case. It is challenging the Feres Doctrine, which does not allow active duty military, or their families to sue the US under the Federal Torts Claims Act for injury or death while acting in their military roles. I think it is a valid law- otherwise the government would be sued into insolvency. Military life is inherently dangerous.

A Taylor couple's lawsuit is headed to the Supreme Court in the case of their son, a 20-year-old Marine who died during boot camp in South Carolina less than two weeks after he arrived.

The parents of Raheel Siddiqui sued the Marine Corps in 2017, alleging he was assaulted, hazed, tortured and discriminated against at the training depot on Parris Island, South Carolina, because of his Muslim faith.


A three-judge panel of the U.S. 6th Circut Court of Appeals dismissed the $100 million wrongful death suit against the military in August 2019.


The court said the suit is barred under the often-criticized Feres doctrine, which relegates claims related to injuries of active-duty military personnel to the military and not the civil courts. Lawyers now are asking if Feres should be overruled in the case of alleged negligence that began before Siddiqui enlisted.

[carolina73]

Suit over Taylor Marine recruit's death heads to Supreme Court

This will be an interesting case. It is challenging the Feres Doctrine, which does not allow active duty military, or their families to sue the US under the Federal Torts Claims Act for injury or death while acting in their military roles. I think it is a valid law- otherwise the government would be sued into insolvency. Military life is inherently dangerous.

We are all going to get sued into insolvency. The game is getting more popular and their is less shame on extortion by lawyer.

[EvilCat Breath]

The muslim may have been making terrorist threats.

[Standing Wolf]

The muslim may have been making terrorist threats.

Going for "Dumbest Post of the Week" honors there, Evil? You are a front-runner for sure at this point.

Back to the adult portion of the discussion, I believe that the law should make more of a distinction between the dangers inherent in the military life - combat, most of all, of course, but also living and working around heavy equipment, aircraft, etc. and undergoing the rigors of physical training - on the one hand, and falling victim to what is clearly plain negligence (or worse) by human beings who just happen to be in the military on the other. In other words, no, it would be madness to consider allowing either a civil suit or a criminal charge against a commander whose tactical decisions lead to someone's death or injury, or against, say, training command personnel when necessary and established physical or skills testing is being conducted...but being in uniform should not exempt either an individual or one's employer from liability for clearly negligent actions or oversights.

[carolina73]

Going for "Dumbest Post of the Week" honors there, Evil? You are a front-runner for sure at this point.

Back to the adult portion of the discussion, I believe that the law should make more of a distinction between the dangers inherent in the military life - combat, most of all, of course, but also living and working around heavy equipment, aircraft, etc. and undergoing the rigors of physical training - on the one hand, and falling victim to what is clearly plain negligence (or worse) by human beings who just happen to be in the military on the other. In other words, no, it would be madness to consider allowing either a civil suit or a criminal charge against a commander whose tactical decisions lead to someone's death or injury, or against, say, training command personnel when necessary and established physical or skills testing is being conducted...but being in uniform should not exempt either an individual or one's employer from liability for clearly negligent actions or oversights.

Marines and recruits know how to get out of boot camp.

[Standing Wolf]

Marines and recruits know how to get out of boot camp.

That isn't the point. A civilian employer can, under certain circumstances, be held financially liable for the willful misconduct or negligence of its employees. The same is true for most governmental agencies, including even law enforcement. The military should not be exempt from this. I'm not talking about recruits dying from heatstroke on a run, or being seriously injured during some aspect of physical training, so long as normal and accepted precautions to prevent casualties are being observed. I'm talking about negligence or even deliberate misconduct, such that those responsible may even be punished under the UCMJ.

[Agent Zero]

The muslim may have been making terrorist threats.

Or being targeted by an islamophobic intent on killing hm


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[The Sage of Main Street]

The muslim may have been making terrorist threats.

hillary's Court would have made his Jihadi Daddy rich.