Legal Opinion

Knous v. United States

District Court, N.D. Georgia

Decided November 7, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-00075-WCOPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

WILLIAM C. O’KELLEY, Senior District Judge.

The court has before it for consideration defendant’s motion to strike footnote 1 and paragraphs 21 and 22 of plaintiffs’ complaint [31]. The contested material references probable cause findings in a National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”) report. Defendant contends that the contested portions of plaintiffs’ complaint violate statutory prohibitions against the use of NTSB causation determinations in civil litigation. See 49 U.S.C. § 1154(b).

Plaintiffs claim that the FAA’s air traffic controllers failed to warn plaintiffs of adverse…

2Cases cited2 opinions

Chiron Corp. v. National Transportation Safety BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
Bank of the Ozarks v. KhanDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2012

3Cited by1 opinion

John Hartwell Cocke, as Executor of the Estate of William Byron Cocke, Deceased, and as Executor of the Estate of Catherine Crichton Cocke, Deceased; William Ruffin Coleman Cocke; William Marston Becker, as Conservator of W.R.C., a minor, as Conservator of E.C.C., a minor, as Conservator of J.S.C., a minor, as Conservator of C.E.C., a minor, as Conservator of P.S.G.C., a minor; and John Hartwell Cocke and Virginia Frances Cocke, as Guardians of W.R.C., a minor, as Guardians of E.C.C., a minor, as Guardians of J.S.C., a minor, as Guardians of C.E.C., a minor, and Guardians of P.S.G.C., a minor v. The United States of America; Aviation Development Group, LLC; and Thomas HuffDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 2026