Harry Dunn s family can bring claim in US against alleged killer and her husband, judge rules
Ruling in Virginia means family can proceed with a civil claim for damages
Harry Dunn was killed in 2019
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Harry Dunn s family have been given the go-ahead to proceed with a civil claim for damages against the teenager s alleged killer and her husband in the US.
A judge s ruling in the Alexandria district court in Virginia has taken the Dunn family a step closer to a legal showdown with suspect Anne Sacoolas, 18 months on from the 19-year-old s death.
Should there be no settlement in the case, the next legal step would be a deposition , in which Sacoolas and her husband would be forced to provide their account of events outside of court.
Ruling at Virginia district court means Dunn family can proceed with civil claim
Teen s family say they are pleased with the decision which means they will learn the full account of what happened on the night Harry Dunn died via depositions
Harry was killed in a crash outside RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire in 2019
Anne Sacoolas, 43, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving but an extradition request submitted by Home Office was rejected by US government
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While making the application, lawyers acting on behalf of Sacoolas made admissions about the 43-year-old s employment at the time of the road crash which killed Mr Dunn - saying she and her husband Jonathan worked for the US state department and fled the UK due to issues of security .
The US government asserted diplomatic immunity on behalf of the suspect following the 19-year-old s death in August 2019 outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire, and she was able to return to her home country.
She was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, but an extradition request, submitted by the Home Office, was rejected by the US state department in January last year.
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London The family of Harry Dunn, a 19-year-old motorcyclist who was killed in a head-on collision with an American driver outside a British military base, have told CBS News they continue to suffer beyond belief as a Virginia court pushes forward with legal proceedings in a civil case against their son s alleged killer.
Judge Thomas Ellis will reportedly set a timetable this week for the suspect, 43-year-old Anne Sacoolas, to give evidence in a deposition ahead of a trial later this year.