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  • World Trade Center Settlement Gets Backing Needed to Take Effect
    – New York Law Journal
    (November 22, 2010) Enough plaintiffs have accepted a massive settlement of claims alleging respiratory and other health problems from the post-9/11 response and cleanup at the World Trade Center site to seal the deal. Read more…

  • 10,563 Ground Zero 9/11 Workers Agree On $625 Million Settlement
    – Medical News Today
    (November 21, 2010) 10,563 ground zero workers who inhaled toxic dust and risked health consequences have agreed on a $625 settlement and ceased suing - the amount could go as high as $815 million.
    Read more…

  • 9/11 Health Deal Gets OK
    – The Wall Street Journal
    (November 20, 2010) More than 95% of Ground Zero workers agreed to accept a settlement of long-running litigation over respiratory diseases and other injuries suffered in recovery operations following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.
    Read more…

  • Deal settles most lawsuits over WTC toxic dust
    – The Associated Press (AP)
    (November 19, 2010) A deal reached by New York City and workers exposed to toxic dust that blanketed ground zero after Sept. 11 will resolve an overwhelming majority of the lawsuits over the city's failure to provide protective equipment to the responders. Read more…

  • Ground Zero workers exposed to toxic dust take pay deal
    – BBC
    (November 19, 2010) Thousands of workers exposed to toxic dust after the 2001 terror attacks in New York have accepted a legal settlement and ceased litigation. Read more…

  • Lawyers: Sickened 9/11 Workers Reach Settlement Deal With City
    – NY1
    (November 19, 2010) By Friday, more than 10,000 people who became ill from working conditions at the World Trade Center site following the September 11th terrorist attacks had accepted a settlement deal with the city. Read more…

     

Press Release

9/11 Attorneys Announce Final Settlement Agreement With City’s Insurer Signed, Checks Begin To Be Issued Pursuant To The SPA

New York, New York January 5, 2011, for immediate release:  Ground Zero Plaintiff’s Liaison Counsel Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern, LLP announced today that all of the necessary parties have signed the final documents necessary for the WTC Captive Insurance Company, Inc., the insurance carrier for the City of New York and its Contractors, to commence payment of the settlement monies.  The signing of this document, called the “Affirmation of Final Settlement Agreement,” took place on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 and represents the last step that had to be completed before plaintiffs can start to receive their first settlement checks.  Those initial payments are now slated to be released to plaintiffs’ liaison counsel by the end of January for dissemination to the individual plaintiffs who have settled.  The firm’s announcement to its clients reads as follows:

“We are pleased to report that together with the WTC Captive Insurance Company, Inc., we have signed the Affirmation of Final Settlement Agreement today.  This milestone starts the timetable by which the Settlement Claims Neutral makes the initial payments, reviews files and makes accelerated and final payments.  We understand that the initial payments will be released to Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel at the end of January.  We also understand that the New York State Insurance Department will give final approval to Metlife so that Certificates of Insurance may be issued as early as February.  We thank all of our clients for their support and patience while all of the work".
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