Philadelphia attorney Steven Cozen is continuing his nine-year quest to hold the Saudi Arabian government accountable for its alleged involvement in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.Cozen was slated to be in court this week to go up against the kingdom and the Saudi High Commission for Relief of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which allegedly provided financial and logistical support to Al Quada, in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Cozen is suing on behalf of several insurance companies that suffered economic damages, the brokerage firm Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost 658 employees on the attack on the World Trade Center, and others.
Despite objections from the State Department over the piercing of a foreign government’s sovereign immunity, Cozen has attempted to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the Sept. 11 attacks that killed 3,000 Americans. His lawsuits seek economic damages against the kingdom and the Saudi High Commission. Read More
