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9/11 Lawsuit For Bavis Family Underway, But Judge Sets Deadline
Topic Started: May 5 2011, 02:47 PM (680 Views)
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9/11 Lawsuit For Bavis Family Underway, But Judge Sets Deadline
First Posted: 04/28/11 12:40 PM ET Updated: 04/28/11 12:40 PM ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/judge-sets-deadline-in-ba_n_854934.html


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Mark Bavis was killed on the second plane to hit the World Trade Center on 9/11. His family's wrongful death claim against United Airlines and other defendants is the last pending lawsuit regarding the attacks.

Unlike other victims' families, who either entered a compensation fund created by Congress or settled cases out of court, the family waited 9 years to sue United, the Massachusetts Port Authority and an airline security company, who they claim all showed negligence in allowing the terrorists to board the plane in Boston.

And what was anticipated to be a long, drawn-out process has now been given a definitive end-date. Federal Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, who is presiding over the case, made the rare decision to put a month long limit on the trial in order to expedite the judgement.

From The New York Times:

"The time is going to be expressed not in days, but in minutes,” Judge Hellerstein has said in court. Each side’s clock will start ticking whenever its lawyer rises to question or cross-examine a witness, or to argue before the jury — “everything the party wishes to do from openings through summations,” he said.
Judge Hellerstein has said the trial, the only one stemming from the terror attacks, will last a month.

The judge has made it clear that he is seeking to avoid the kind of trial that rolls on interminably as the details, minutiae and technical arguments pile up, and wants to keep the jury focused and interested. “You know that once the jury gets bored with your presentation,” he has told the parties, “you’ve lost significant power of persuasion.”


The unusual move by Hellerstein has frustrated both the defendants and the Bavis's, who will get an exact 50/50 share of the time in court.

Defendants complained that a 50/50 split leaves the multiple defendants inadequate time to make their case, as each will be making separate arguments.

Hellerstein has resided over many of the 95 other lawsuits brought to court from victims' families. "Professionally, I think it's going to be extraordinary," he said of the Bavis's case to the Associated Press, adding that he thinks the case will be a lesson to future law students.

Mark Bavis was a professional hockey scout for the Los Angeles Kings who grew up in the Roslindale section of Boston. His name is on the 9/11 memorial in the Boston Public Garden. His family started the Mark Bavis Leadership Foundation which awards scholarships to promising high school students.










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9/11 Family Makes Statement about Trial Delay

Statement from the family of Mark Bavis, plaintiffs in a lawsuit against United Airlines and other defendants. Bavis was a passenger on United Flight 175 on September 11, 2001.

Mt. Pleasant, SC (PRWEB) May 24, 2011

The following is a statement from the family of Mark Bavis, plaintiffs in Bavis v. United Airlines:

The news of yet another delay of this trial is not completely surprising to our family, but does leave us disappointed in the lack of our ability to have an expedient trial in a case that has been almost ten years in the making. It has felt on many days throughout the last 9 years that certain powers in this nation are set on closing the book on their version of September 11, 2001. For a key defendant to be dismissed after nine years of litigation and before the completion of all discovery is very troubling. Such is the case of the potential dismissal of Massport.

Our family is patient and determined to pursue a day in court where all of the facts can see the light of day; for our family, for the families of all of the September 11th victims and just as importantly for the American people. Our desire is to see that the seriousness of this case and the national and historical importance is heard fairly and thoroughly, and not subjected to a timed trial, where the outcome is determined by a stop watch rather than the facts.

The Bavis Family


Mark Bavis was a passenger on United Flight 175 on September 11, 2001. The family would like the media to continue to respect their privacy.

The complaint Bavis v. United Airlines Corp., 02 civ 07154 is being heard in the District Court for the Southern District of New York.



So this is going on right now!? Wonder where the best place for latest news is!
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