[19] In 2010, Judge Mary A. McLaughlin of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed the lawsuit for failure to comply with the one-year statute of limitations on the grounds that a blog is mass media and the statute of limitations runs from the date of publication.
[23][24] In the lawsuit, Wolk admitted that he had hired an organization to "place truthful, favorable information" about him on Wikipedia.
[28] Wolk owned a restored Grumman F9F Panther jet fighter[29] that he has flown in air shows[30] throughout the country; performing low level aerobatics and formation flights.
[33] The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in 2000, also names Honeywell International Inc. and Allied Signal Inc. as defendants, claiming they gave false information to the NTSB to avoid liability.
The suit says the NTSB report contained extensive errors, including a statement that Wolk was not qualified to fly the plane.
In this decision, United States Circuit Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr. writes: "We have carefully reviewed the District Court's opinion and, despite the excellent brief and oral argument on appeal by plaintiff, do not find reversible error."