WTC Properties Loses Bid to Bar Act-of-War 9/11 Defense
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World Trade Center Properties LLC lost its bid to prevent American Airlines and its parent AMR Corp. from raising “act of war” as a defense to its alleged negligence in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in Manhattan denied the bid by the leaseholder of the twin 110-story towers in a May 17 ruling posted yesterday on the court’s docket. The buildings collapsed after hijackers flew an American Airlines jet into one and a United Airlines jet into the other.