Legal Opinion
Van Beneden v. Al-Sanusi
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 22, 2014No. Civil Action No. 08-1309 (RMC)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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. Know-land’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 *64Peter Lesley but changed his last name one year before the attack, died decades later outside the United States after executing a Will that left…
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