Panel Partly Reverses Ruling In Insurer’s Subrogation Suit Prompted By Jet Damage

( August 29, 2025, 12:20 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed 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 an aircraft facility that was operated by the defendant, finding that there is a genuine dispute of material fact regarding whether it was reasonable for the defendant to conclude that the pilot had the apparent authority to bind the aircraft owner to the limitation of liability provision of the landing card....