Mississippi Attorney Files Lawsuit Requesting $10 Billion Judgment Against Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Russian government via teleconference in Moscow on March 10, 2022. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images

A Mississippi attorney has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Madison County against Russian President Vladimir Putin alleging negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, and intentional war mongering.

Attorney David Merideth, who listed himself as the plaintiff in the lawsuit (pdf), requested a judgment against Putin, the defendant, and relief in the amount of $10 billion, with the expectation that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seated at The Hague in the Netherlands will address Putin, whom the lawsuit names as “the criminal.”