Staff Writer
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BANGOR – A federal judge on Wednesday
dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Stockton Springs woman against the
Republic of Cuba because the island nation failed to respond to repeated
summonses by the court.
A federal judge on
Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Stockton Springs woman against
the Republic of Cuba because the island nation failed to respond to
repeated summonses by the court.
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Sherry Sullivan sued earlier this year, after winning a
ruling in state court in 2009 that Cuba was guilty of the wrongful death
of her father, a pilot who is believed to have been shot down over Cuba
in 1963 while on a covert mission.
The judge who ruled in Waldo County Superior Court on Aug. 10, 2009,
awarded Sullivan $21 million plus interest, according to federal court
records.
Sullivan's filing in U.S. District Court in Bangor sought to enforce
the $21 million judgment for the "extrajudicial torture and
extrajudicial killing" of Geoffrey Sullivan.
U.S. District Judge George Singal ordered the case dismissed without
prejudice -- meaning it can be brought forward later -- after receiving
no response from Cuba to three orders, court records show.
The lawsuit in state court alleged that Geoffrey Sullivan, who was 29 at the time, was captured and later died in a Cuban jail.
The state and federal lawsuits argued that Cuba was liable under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
Sullivan's attorney, David Van Dyke, did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment.
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