2nd Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Haiti Cholera Class Suit

Mealey's (January 3, 2019, 10:26 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 28 ruled that the United Nations maintains absolute immunity and affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of the class complaint charging the UN, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and UN officials with injuries related to contracting cholera in Haiti on or after Oct. 9, 2010 (Marie LaVenture, et al. v. United Nations, et al., No. 17-2908, 2nd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 36633)....