WTC Respiratory Illness Lawsuits

WTC Responders and Workers Settlement News

Sickened September 11 workers get revised settlement
– Reuters
(June 10, 2010) - Attorneys for thousands of workers who suffered health problems stemming from the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center reached a revised $712 million settlement with New York City on Thursday.
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Ground Zero Deal Gives Plaintiffs $712.5 Million
– The New York Times
(June 10, 2010) - Lawyers for the city and about 10,000 rescue and cleanup workers who say their health was damaged at ground zero announced Thursday that they had negotiated a new, $712 million settlement to replace one that a federal judge rejected three months ago.
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Lawyers propose higher 9/11 responder settlement
– The Associated Press
(June 10, 2010) - Lawyers representing the city and thousands of ground zero workers suing over their exposure to toxic dust from the World Trade Center on Thursday proposed an increased settlement offer of $625 million to $712.5 million that also sets a cap on legal fees.
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NYC, 9/11 Workers Reach $712.5 Million Injury-Claims Settlement
– Bloomberg Businessweek
(June 10, 2010) - Lawyers for 10,000 workers claiming illnesses from rescue, recovery and debris removal after the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack have agreed with New York City on a $712.5 million compensation fund to settle the cases.
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NY judge: New 9/11 health pact 'very good deal'
– The Washington Post
(June 10, 2010) - A federal judge who held up an effort to settle thousands of lawsuits filed by 9/11 responders exposed to World Trade Center dust dropped his opposition Thursday after the deal was redrafted to give more money to sick workers and less to their lawyers.
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Judge calls WTC settlement good deal
– United Press International, UPI.com
(June 10, 2010) - A judge in New York gave preliminary approval Thursday to a settlement that would pay as much as $712.5 million for injuries at the World Trade Center site.
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New proposal for sick WTC workers tops $700 million
– CNN
(June 10, 2010) - The U.S. District Judge overseeing the lawsuit filed by thousands of 9/11 first responders exposed to toxic dust at ground zero called the proposed amended settlement "a very good deal."
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New Proposal Could Boost WTC Workers' Settlement by $125M
– WNYC Radio
(June 10, 2010) - Lawyers say they've reached a new settlement for almost 10,000 emergency personnel and construction workers who may have suffered health problems while working on the pile at Ground Zero.
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Settlement Awards $712.5M to Ground Zero Workers
– AOL News
(June 10, 2010) - A renegotiated deal with the city of New York will give more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and cleanup workers a payout of $712.5 million in compensation for health damages they said they suffered at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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New Settlement Reached in 9/11 Injury Cases – New York Law Journal
(June 10, 2010) - Southern District of New York Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein gave his stamp of approval today to a renegotiated settlement of suits filed by 10,000 plaintiffs who suffered respiratory and other illnesses in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks.
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N.Y. judge: New 9/11 health pact 'very good' deal
– USA Today
(June 10, 2010) - Thousands of first responders, firefighters and construction workers sickened by toxic rubble at Ground Zero could share in a settlement of up to $712.5 million announced Thursday, three months after a federal judge said a previous deal did not pay victims enough.
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NY Judge: New 9/11 Health Pact `Very Good' Deal
– wcbstv.com
(June 10, 2010) - Those words came Thursday from the federal judge who approved a legal settlement paving the way for ill 9/11 responders to receive their portion of a $700 million pot.
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Federal Judge Approves New WTC First Responder Settlement
– NY1
(June 10, 2010) - A federal judge signed off Thursday on the newest proposed settlement between September 11th first responders who got ill after working at the World Trade Center site and the city.
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NY judge: New 9/11 health pact 'very good deal'
– WABC-TV NewYork
(June 10, 2010) - A federal judge who held up an effort to settle thousands of lawsuits filed by 9/11 responders exposed to World Trade Center dust dropped his opposition Thursday after the deal was redrafted to give more money to sick workers and less to their lawyers.
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WTC Plaintiffs May Get More Money
– The Wall Street Journal
(June 11, 2010) - Firefighters, police officers, construction workers and others injured during the rescue and debris-removal operations following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack could receive up to $712.5 million in a revised settlement unveiled Thursday.
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Federal judge OKs new settlement offer in 9/11 toxic-dust case
– The Journal News, Lohud.com
(June 11, 2010) - A federal judge signed off on a legal settlement Thursday that could pay as much as $713 million to 9/11 responders exposed to World Trade Center dust, and immediately urged thousands of police, firefighters and construction workers to take the deal.
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Possible End to the WTC Settlement Saga
– NBC New York
(June 11, 2010) - The long, embattled World Trade Center settlement could finally be coming to an end. Continue reading article…

Judge OKs new deal for sick 9/11 crews
– The New York Post
(June 11, 2010) - The judge who angrily shot down a $657 million settlement for injured Ground Zero workers as "not enough" signed off on a new deal yesterday -- after the plaintiffs' lawyers, the city and its insurer sweetened the pot to $712.5 million.
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