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Wali Khan Case Summary

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The witness, Wali Khan, is thirty-five years old and can speak, read and write English. He initially identified himself as Haji Alam Khan, the father of Mohammed Aslam. He later identified himself as Wali Khan, the decedent’s brother, upon further interrogation on this issue. He testified that he appeared at the deposition instead of his father because his father was ill.

Wali Khan has lived with all fifteen family members in a house in Kabul for the past year and for the fifteen years prior, the family lived in Pakistan. The decedent and his family were originally from Afghanistan, which they left when the Taliban came to power. While in Pakistan, the witness and some of his brothers, other than the decedent, had “security police problems” …show more content…

He previously lived and worked in the administration and finance departments at the ISAF’s (International Security Assistance Force) Shank base in Afghanistan. He graduated from Afghan high school in Pakistan and attended classes at a Pakistan college. He is married with two children, Saman (son) and Asma (daughter); however, he would not provide his wife’s name because “it is against custom.”

Wali Khan spoke with Karima Sadiqi (the plaintiffs’ “representative”) approximately three days before his deposition about the procedures. They did not discuss the case.

Wali Khan testified that his family is pursing the lawsuit against Midwest and Honeywell in order to receive money from Midwest’s and Honeywell’s insurance. It is his understanding that Midwest was responsible for the accident because it did not give proper instruction and Honeywell was responsible because its alarm did not sound or did not work. They have not sued the airline or the pilots because they do not believe that they are at fault.

The family has not spoken to the airline or the Afghan government regarding the occurrence. Wali Khan was not aware that the Afghan government report found the pilots at fault for the

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