AP
June 16, 2008
As the United States continues its hunt for Osama bin Laden, Sept. 11 victims are pursuing the bin Laden family's vast fortune.
Survivors and insurance companies say members of the bin Laden family failed to cut off ties with their infamous relative and should be liable for damages.
Victims' lawyers argued that bin Laden family members are getting off easy for turning a blind eye after learning of the terror lord's monstrous inclinations.
The lawyers asked a US District Court judge in Manhattan Thursday to let them seek information to prove their claim.
They suffered a setback last month when US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas turned down many of the requests for information about financial ties between bin Laden and his family, saying, in essence, that the plaintiffs' requests had become petty.
