( September 17, 2025, 12:22 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 16 denied an aircraft facility operator’s petition for reconsideration of its opinion affirming in part and reversing in part a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in an insurer’s subrogation lawsuit arising from property damage incurred by the insured’s privately owned noncommercial aircraft while it was parked and stored at the petitioner’s facility, standing by its finding that there is a genuine dispute of material fact regarding whether it was reasonable for the petitioner to conclude that the pilot had the apparent authority to bind the aircraft owner to the limitation of liability provision of the landing card....