Defense contractors may want to factor additional liability costs into their contracts since the US Supreme Court ruled that a veteran’s state-based injury claims from a 2016 bombing in Afghanistan can proceed against Fluor Corp. As a result, government contractors may want to price into their future contracts or insurance policies.
Contractors will also have to make sure they’re not cutting any corners, Bracewell’s Robert Wagman told Law360, adding that if a contractor takes a shortcut, it will have to make sure it can prove it was directed to so by the government.
“You want to make sure you’re doing the right things, and to the extent you’re not doing the right things, you want to make sure it’s clearly [stated] because you were directed to do something different,” Wagman said.
