The family of a 19-year-old British motorcyclist who died after an American woman struck him with her car in England will be allowed to pursue a civil claim against the woman in the United States, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Ms. Sacoolas returned to the United States after the collision, and the State Department asserted diplomatic immunity on her behalf. She was later charged in Britain with causing death by dangerous driving. Mr. Dunn’s family filed a civil lawsuit in the United States last year, which Ms. Sacoolas sought to dismiss by arguing that it would be “more convenient” to hold the hearings in Britain. On Tuesday, a judge for the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia called the argument inconsistent, as Ms. Sacoolas has refused to go back to Britain to face prosecution.

Source: New York Times February 17, 2021 16:52 UTC