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U.S. District Court Approves Ground Zero Health Settlement
A federal judge formally approved a settlement on Wednesday between the city and workers who say their health was damaged during rescue and cleanup operations at ground zero, allowing the agreement to move forward to a vote by more than 10,000 plaintiffs.
Wide Range of Payments Is Outlined in Ground Zero Suit
Under a new settlement reached this month, payments to rescue and cleanup workers who say their health was damaged at ground zero will range from a few thousand dollars to $1.8 million or more, lawyers for the workers said on Tuesday.
9/11 worker settlements revealed
Most of the 10,000 injured Ground Zero workers or their survivors will receive settlements ranging anywhere from a low of $6,420 to a high of $1.84 million depending on the severity of their ailments, according to a chart of projected pay-outs released today.
Lawmakers Renew Push For New WTC Health Bill
Local elected officials are urging the passage of a new bill to compensate not only those who worked in the recovery effort at the World Trade Center site, but also those who lived in lower Manhattan on September 11th.
600 9/11 Rescue and Clean-Up Workers Sue Battery Park City for Compensation for Health Issues
Six hundred workers are suing the Battery Park City Authority for compensation for illnesses and injuries sustained while cleaning toxic debris from Battery Park City’s schools, offices and apartments after the 9/11 attacks.
How to Ruin a Good 9/11 Settlement
LAST week, lawyers for almost 10,000 policemen, firemen and other workers agreed to a $712 million fund to compensate these rescuers for illnesses sustained while responding to the devastation at the World Trade Center after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
EDITORIAL: 9/11 workers need Congress to act
Thousands of 9/11 rescuers – whose work in the Ground Zero debris made them ill – deserve fair restitution. There’s a better settlement on the table today than the one a federal judge rejected in March, but they may have to decide whether to accept this deal with New York City before they find out if Washington will provide a better alternative.
‘Sick’ 9/11 deal snubs cancer
World Trade Center rescue and cleanup workers with post-9/11 cancer could still get far less compensation than responders with respiratory disease, a snub that may spur many to reject a new proposed settlement, they say.
N.Y. judge: New 9/11 health pact ‘very good’ deal
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.
Deal for Ground Zero Workers
After the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of people worked heroically, searching for remains and clearing the rubble. Too many later paid a price for not having adequate respirators or other equipment.