VAN BENEDEN v. AL-SANUSI

Civil Action No. 08-1309 (RMC).

12 F.Supp.3d 62 (2014)

Michelle VAN BENEDEN, as Sole Legatee of Peter Lesley Knowland, Plaintiff, v. Abdallah AL-SANUSI, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Date: January 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Heideman , Tracy Reichman Kalik , Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, P.C., Edward B. MacAllister , Perles Law Firm, PC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

William Ramsey Clark , New York, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge

Who was Peter Knowland? It depends on whom you ask. According to Michelle Van Beneden, who claims to be Mr. Knowland's sole heir, Mr. Knowland was an American national injured in an horrific Syrian-sponsored terrorist attack on the Schwechat Airport in Vienna, Austria in 1985 for which his estate may recover damages. Ms. Van Beneden claims that Mr. Knowland, who was formerly named

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