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In Re: World Trade Center Lower Manhattan Disaster Site Litigation

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Case Number:

1:21-mc-00102

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Judge:

Alvin K. Hellerstein

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  1. September 03, 2019

    Remaining 9/11 Cleanup Injury Suits Tossed

    A group of 9/11 recovery workers doesn't have a case against the Battery Park City Authority for alleged injuries related to harmful dust exposure in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks, a New York district judge has said in dismissing the remaining 138 cases in the long-running litigation.

  2. November 19, 2015

    Sanctions Bid Over WTC Settlements Is Frivolous, Court Told

    In the latest chapter of consolidated New York federal court litigation over rescue and cleanup workers' exposure to toxic dust at the World Trade Center's 9/11 disaster site, the administrator for American Insurance Group-related settlements on Wednesday opposed a recent motion for sanctions over untimely settlement payments as being filed in bad faith.

  3. June 24, 2015

    Judge OKs 122 Deals In 9/11 WTC Dust Exposure Litigation

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday signed off on a third batch of settlements in the consolidated litigation over post-9/11 cleanup workers' claims against building managers and their cleanup contractors over exposure to toxic dust, approving confidential deals to partially or fully resolve the claims of 122 plaintiffs.

  4. March 19, 2015

    NY Federal Judge OKs Deals In Dozens of WTC Debris Suits

    The New York federal court overseeing the consolidated litigation by post-9/11 cleanup workers against building managers and their cleanup contractors over their exposure to toxic dust from working at sites in lower Manhattan on Thursday gave the green light to a settlement that would either fully or partially settle the claims of 78 plaintiffs in the litigation.

  5. February 11, 2015

    Settlement Talks Progress In WTC Debris Exposure Suit

    The rescue and cleanup workers claiming they suffered exposure to toxic dust working near the 9/11 disaster site told a New York judge Wednesday that they have reached a settlement in principle with defendants at several buildings, and that they are negotiating with a number of others.

  6. February 09, 2015

    WTC Workers Defend Experts' Credentials

    Rescue and cleanup workers who allege they were exposed to toxic dust while working near the 9/11 disaster site on Friday blasted defendants' efforts to exclude the testimony of at least seven expert witnesses.

  7. January 15, 2015

    Credibility Of WTC Workers' Experts Disputed By Defense

    Defendants being sued by 9/11 rescue and cleanup workers who say they were exposed to toxic dust while working near the downtown Manhattan disaster site challenged on Thursday the credibility of at least six expert witnesses for the plaintiffs.

  8. January 07, 2015

    Mount Sinai Docs Don't Have To Testify In WTC Dust Trials

    Doctors from Mount Sinai Hospital's World Trade Center Health Program do not have to appear as expert witnesses in coming trials for plaintiffs who say they were exposed to toxic dust while working near the downtown Manhattan disaster site, but the hospital must share its data, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

  9. December 09, 2014

    Toxic Cleanup Workers' Claims Tossed In 9/11 MDL

    A New York federal judge on Monday said that a law extending the time limit on 9/11 rescue and cleanup workers' compensation claims is unconstitutional under New York state's due process clause, when applied to the Battery Park City Authority that the workers had sued.

  10. October 31, 2014

    9/11 Workers' Claims Were Rightly Revived, NY AG Says

    The New York Attorney General's office has told a New York federal court that a law extending the time limit on 9/11 rescue and cleanup workers' compensation claims is constitutional, arguing the law easily satisfies the standards necessary to merit its passage.

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