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LICCI v. LEBANESE CAN. BANK

No. 183.

20 N.Y.3d 327 (2012)

984 N.E.2d 893

960 N.Y.S.2d 695

2012 NY Slip Op 7854

YAAKOV LICCI, a Minor, by His Father and Natural Guardian, ELIHAV LICCI, and by His Mother and Natural Guardian, YEHUDIT LICCI, et al., Appellants, v. LEBANESE CANADIAN BANK, SAL, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided November 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Berkman Law Office, LLC, Brooklyn ( Robert J. Tolchin of counsel), and Meir Katz of the Maryland bar, admitted pro hac vice, for appellants.

DLA Piper LLP, New York City ( Jonathan D. Siegfried , Andrew Deutsch and Joshua Sprague of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, SMITH and PIGOTT concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

READ, J.

Plaintiffs are several dozen United States, Canadian, and Israeli citizens who reside in Israel and were injured, or whose family members were killed or injured, in rocket attacks allegedly launched by Hizballah during the Second Lebanon War in July and August 2006. Hizballah is designated by the United States Department of State as an Islamic terrorist organization. Plaintiffs...

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