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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!

Worby Firm Reports Client Response To Settlement Offers Exceeds Expectations

New York, NY, For Immediate Release: Paul J. Napoli, Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel for the World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation said Monday that the firm is very pleased with the overwhelmingly positive response received thus far from their clients who have received their settlement offers from the City of New York and its contractors. "Although settlement packages are still being printed and mailed as of August 1, 2010," said Mr. Napoli, "we are gratified to see that so many of the clients who have received and reviewed their individual offers have responded so positively. Of the settlement offers that have been received by our clients thus far, the positive responses has been well in excess of the 95% participation threshold required for the settlement to proceed." This is good news for all of the participating plaintiffs in the litigation, because with each additional percentage point of client participation above the threshold 95%, the settlement commitment from the City’s insurance carrier increases in dollar value.

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