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World Trade Center Litigation
- The Battle of 9/11 Ailing First Responders
- When Heroes Get Sick - Part 1, Andrew Porazzo
- September 11th Firefighter Gets New Lung & Regains Spirits
- Judge Hellerstein Finally Sets Trial Dates For WTC Lawsuits
- Can the Economic Crisis Deter the 9/11 Memorial from being completed?
- Scars from 9/11 In Memoriam
- 7th Anniversary of 9/11 Evokes a Multitude of Feelings
- Charity for 9/11 Firefighters Fail’s to Live up to Promises
- Injuries already occurring amidst the new WTC building
- City Questions 9/11 Workers’ Claims of Illness
General
Legal News
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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.
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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.
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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!
DON’T MISS 11/8 OPT-IN DEADLINE WAITING FOR UPDATED RECORDS OR CLAIM FORMS
The November 8, 2010 deadline to opt-in to the settlement with the City of New York and its Contractors is fast approaching but some of you still have not returned your executed settlement forms to us for processing. Two forms must be signed and returned before the November 8, 2010 deadline: (1) your Release and (2) your Second Injury Letter.
The Release is at page 9 of the 12-page document entitled “Exhibit P – Release and Covenant Not To Sue.” This document must be signed by both the primary plaintiff and the derivative plaintiff (spouse) before a notary public and must be notarized. The Second Injury Letter is a two-page document that must also be signed before a notary public and notarized. If you return these two documents with the proper signature and notarization before the November 8th deadline, you will have timely opted-in to the settlement.
Do not hold off on signing your Release and Second Injury Letter because you are waiting for additional updates from your medical records or recalculation of your settlement range. If you have been told that an update or recalculation of your Injury Point Verification chart and/or Claim Form is being prepared for you, please do not wait for the updated forms to sign your Release and Second Injury Letter – you can sign now and submit updated forms later. As long as you opt-in to the settlement by the November 8, 2010 deadline, we will have an additional 45 days after the deadline to submit your claim forms to the Allocation Neutral for his review. But we cannot submit your claims forms after November 8th unless you submit a signed Release and Second Injury Letter before the November 8 cut-off.
Remember, we must achieve a 95% opt-in threshold for this Settlement to take effect. Remember also that for every percentage point of opt-ins over 95%, additional monies come into the overall settlement pool, which can increase the total value of the settlement from $652 million to as high as $712.5 million.
Don’t find yourself after November 8th wondering why you passed up your best chance of a meaningful recovery for your World Trade Center injuries. Don’t wait for updated medical records or settlement recalculations. Sign your Release and your Second Injury Letter now before the November 8th deadline passes.
The foregoing communication has been reviewed and approved by Court-appointed legal ethicist Professor Roy Simon.
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Metlife Critical Injury Insurance FAQs
Metlife Critical Injury Insurance FAQs
- What is MetLife’s Critical Injury Insurance?
- If I don’t agree to participate in the settlement, can I still get the MetLife Critical Injury Policy?
- How does the MetLife Critical Injury Insurance work?
- What if I am diagnosed with a covered cancer?
- Will I need to prove that my cancer was caused by my exposure to Ground Zero dust or a result of my work at Ground Zero?
- How do I enroll?
- Why do I need to designate a beneficiary? Can I change the beneficiary at any point in time?
- Has this Insurance been approved by the New York State Insurance Department?
- What if I have more questions?
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World Trade Center Litigation
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- What Defendants are involved in this settlement process?
- What Defendants are not involved in this settlement process?
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