Case 1:18-cv-00977-BAH Document 24 Filed 12/24/18 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
CYNTHIA WARMBIER, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
Civil Action No. 18-977 (BAH)
v.
Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
KOREA,
Defendant.

ORDER
Upon consideration of the plaintiffs’ Motion for Default Judgment and, If Necessary,
Motion for Evidentiary Hearing, ECF No. 16, the related legal memorandum in support thereof,
the exhibits and declarations attached thereto, the evidentiary hearing conducted on December
19, 2018, and the entire record herein, for the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum
Opinion issued contemporaneously with this Order, the Court finds that the plaintiffs have
established their “claim[s] or right to relief by evidence satisfactory to the court,” 28 U.S.C. §
1608(e), and it is hereby
ORDERED that the plaintiffs’ Motion for Default Judgment is GRANTED; and it is
further
ORDERED that the defendant Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“North Korea”)
shall be liable for damages in the amount of $501,134,683.80, which shall be allocated in the
following manner:

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

The estate of Otto Warmbier is entitled to the sum of $21,134,683.80 in compensatory
damages and $150,000,000.00 in punitive damages; and



Otto Warmbier’s parents Frederick Warmbier and Cynthia Warmbier are each entitled to the
sum of $15,000,000 in compensatory damages and $150,000,000 in punitive damages; and it
is further
ORDERED that the plaintiffs shall, at their own cost and consistent with the

requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1608(e), send a copy of this Order to the defendant North Korea;
and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court close this case.
SO ORDERED
Date: December 24, 2018
This is a final and appealable Order.
__________________________
BERYL A. HOWELL
Chief Judge

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