https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/12/03/new-case-georges-v-united-nations-2/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/12/03/new-case-georges-v-united-nations-2/#comment-1613 Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:00:53 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=17034#comment-1613 […] case of the day is Georges v. United Nations (S.D.N.Y. 2015). I first wrote about the case in December 2013, and then again in March 2014. The case is a putative class action by Haitians against the United […]

]]> https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/12/03/new-case-georges-v-united-nations-2/#comment-1612 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:00:23 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=17034#comment-1612 […] Ban Ki Moon. (Note that this lawsuit is separate from Georges v. United Nations, which I’ve covered before). According to The New York Times, the process server claims he got the job […]

]]> https://lettersblogatory.com/2013/12/03/new-case-georges-v-united-nations-2/#comment-1611 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:00:38 +0000 http://lettersblogatory.com/?p=17034#comment-1611 […] Here is the latest on Georges v. United Nations, the putative class action seeking to hold the UN liable for damages resulting from the cholera epidemic in Haiti that, apparently, was caused by UN peacekeepers. According to the plaintiffs, they sought to deliver the summons and complaint to UN officials at the UN headquarters in New York but were refused entry. The plaintiffs have sent the summons and complaint to the UN by certified mail and by fax and now have moved for an order deeming service to have been effectuated or, in the alternative, seeking leave to serve process by mail or fax. The United States, through the office of the US Attorney in New York, has opposed the plaintiffs. It points to the language from the Headquarters Agreement that I cited in my prior post: […]

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