![]() ![]() If a diplomat is acting in an official capacity, lawsuits can be filed against the U.S. Hawaii 1977) ("Alleged activities of agents of Central Intelligence Agency in opening and photographing sealed, first-class letters mailed by plaintiff to colleagues in the Soviet Union fell within purview of general waiver of sovereign immunity statute, despite claim that Central Intelligence Agency agents involved could not have been legally authorized to carry out such activities and consequently, as matter of law, were not “acting within the scope of their office or employment,” as that phrase is used in this section.") (1) related to diplomatic immunity, but not specifically covered by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, such as common law sovereign immunity which bars suits against individuals or their employers for actions taken in an official capacity on behalf of a federal government employer (the scope of which is interpreted broadly in the case of diplomatic personnel abroad, much as it is in the case of what conduct of the President of the United States constitutes an action taken in an official capacity), unless waived. ![]() They could sue, but the case would probably be summarily dismissed, often one of the following two grounds: ![]() She claimedĭiplomatic immunity and left the country.Ĭould the victim's family sue her in an American court? Responsible for a car accident that killed someone. There's been recent publicity about an American diplomat in Britain ![]()
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