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TABION v. MUFTI

Civ. A. No. 94-1481-A.

877 F.Supp. 285 (1995)

Corazon TABION, Plaintiff, v. Faris MUFTI and Lana Mufti, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

February 16, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Aronica, Edward N. Leavy, Edith R. Albert, Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, Washington, DC, John Connolly, Alexandria, VA, for plaintiff.

Earl F. Glock, Washington, DC, for defendants.

Helen F. Fahey, U.S. Atty., Richard Parker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alexandria, VA, Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vincent M. Garvey, Daphene R. McFerren, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Jonathan B. Schwartz, Deputy Legal Adviser, Dept. of State, of counsel, Washington, DC, for the Government.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This case presents the important and (surprisingly) novel question concerning the extent to which a foreign diplomat and his spouse may rely on their diplomatic immunity to escape civil liability for debts incurred and laws violated in the United States.

I.

Plaintiff Corazon Tabion, a Philippines national, left her country in 1989 and began working in Jordan as a domestic servant for Defendants...

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