U.S. Congressman calls peculiar and misguided the decision of U.S. Federal Court of Appeal

PanARMENIAN.Net - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Adam Schiff said the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal of the United States, prohibiting the descendants of Armenian Genocide victims file claims against foreign insurance companies to demand payment insurance policies, is peculiar and misguided. According to him, the Court of Appeal had to consider that the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire was recognized by the State of California and 41 U.S. states. "I am sure that this is a temporary phenomenon, and we can overcome this. Unfortunately, this decision was the injury, but we can overcome it, " U.S. congressman expressed, Asbarez.com reports.



On Aug. 20 the Federal Court of Appeals adopted a decision prohibiting the descendants of the Armenian Genocide file against foreign companies with lawsuits demanding payment of the unpaid insurance policies, since the U.S. government does not officially recognized the Armenian Genocide.