Ashton al. v. Al Qaeda Islamic Army (In re Terrorist Attacks on Sept. 11, 2001)

Full title: In re TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

Court: United States District Court, S.D. New York

Date published: Sep 7, 2022

03-MD-01570 (GBD)(SN) (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 7, 2022)

Opinion

03-MD-01570 (GBD)(SN)

09-07-2022

In re TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

SARAH NETBURN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

ORDER

SARAH NETBURN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

This document relates to:

DeRubbio, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 18-cv-05306

Kamardinova, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 18-cv-05339

Aamoth, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 18-cv-12276

Rowenhorst, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 18-cv-12387

BNY Mellon, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 19-cv-11767

Bodner, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 19-cv-11776

Aron, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 20-cv-09376

Hargrave, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 20-cv-09387

Asaro, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 20-cv-10460

Bianco, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 20-cv-10902

Amato, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, No. 21-cv-10239

Plaintiffs in eleven cases move for partial final judgments against the Islamic Republic of Iran. ECF No. 8475. The Court's review has identified two issues that require clarification.

The motion seeks economic damages but the Court has not been able to locate expert reports supporting the award of damages to Brett O. Freiman, ECF No. 8479-2 at 1, or Lisa Trerotola. Id. at 8. The table of expert reports in the moving papers also indicates that reports for these two plaintiffs have not been submitted. See ECF No. 8478-4 at 44. Plaintiffs shall submit expert reports to the Court supporting the award of damages to these two plaintiffs at their earliest convenience.

The motion also involves actions by estates, where the person seeking damages has not yet been appointed that estate's personal representative. ECF No. 8478 at 6. The Court has, and will continue, to accept counsels' representations as to who has been appointed the personal representative of an estate, but requires further information on what authority permits parties who have not yet been appointed an estate's personal representative to bring actions on behalf of that estate. Plaintiffs shall submit a letter addressing this matter by September 16, 2022.

SO ORDERED.