They argued that the airlines are liable for the attacks because they failed to stop hijackers from entering the cockpits of the four hijacked planes.
The court gave a green light to a lawsuit seeking to hold Afghanistan financially liable for the attacks because of that country's role as a training ground for Al Qaeda.
"If the jury believes that the person took Vioxx regularly, they will hold Merck liable for the heart attack," said Robert Gordon, a plaintiffs' lawyer at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Former owner Frank McCourt was found not liable for the March 31 , 2011 attack.
The conference was held with members of an advocacy group called 9/11 Families and Survivors United For Justice Against Terrorism, who have engaged in legal efforts to hold the Saudi government legally liable for the September 11 attacks.
A New Jersey state jury found the drugmaker not liable for the 2001 heart attack suffered by a man taking Vioxx, and said Merck properly warned consumers about the drug's risks.
US Congress is currently contemplating a bill that could hold Saudi interests legally liable for the 9/11 terrorist attacks of September 2001.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is supporting efforts by the Saudi royal family to defeat a long-running lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
His suit contends that compound guards, the Aryan Nations, its 82-year-old founder, Richard Girnt Butler, and his second in command, Michael Teague, should be held liable for an attack on a woman and her son, both white, by the guards in July 1998.
However, these controls mainly focus on mitigating the risk insurers are liable for and still allow room for the attack to take place.
