Latest NTSB investigation update 29/01/2012:
Press Release January 29, 2013
Interesting catch pull-up-terrain!
After reading the Judge Dorsey decision it would appear that Michael Leon was a pretty difficult person to work with.
Maybe the Securaplane bosses would have paid more attention to his concerns over the LiIon batteries if he had more credibility in the workplace.
Still it does seem like they could possibly have circumvented the issue if they had only taken heed of what Leon had observed as a potential problem in the manufacture process of the batteries.