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Ground zero recovery workers who say they suffered health problems after inhaling the ash and dust left by the collapse of the World Trade Center plan to go before a federal judge Friday who's considering whether to approve a multimillion-dollar legal settlement.
A federal judge on Friday rejected a settlement that would have given at least $575 million to people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal shortchanged 10,000 workers. Tribute
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal settlement that would have given at least $575 million to people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal shortchanged 10,000 ground zero workers whom he called heroes. "In my judgment, this settlement is not enough," said U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who delivered his pronouncement to a stunned ...
Some of the sick 9/11 workers say they have a new hero - Judge Alvin Hellerstein. They expressed surprised gratitude Friday night after he stood up to the lawyers and said victims deserve a better deal.
A federal judge Friday rejected a legal settlement of more than a half-billion dollars for people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal to compensate 10,000 police officers, firefighters and other laborers didn’t contain enough money for the workers.
A federal judge yesterday rejected the proposed half-billion-dollar settlement for thousands of sickened Ground Zero workers, saying the deal was too stingy to them and too generous to the lawyers. "In my judgment, this settlement is not enough," said US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein to applause as he stood before...
His first asthma attack struck without warning little more than a year after the terrorist attacks that sent him to Ground Zero and then to the Fresh Kills landfill. Then came the uncontrollable fits of coughing. "At the time, the doctors told me there was some type of problem, but...
Six years ago, NYPD Detective John Walcott suddenly felt exhausted every day. The veteran narcotics detective, with more than 2,000 arrests under his belt and hundreds of hours working among Ground Zero rubble, was diagnosed with leukemia in May 2003. He had a 9-month-old daughter, Colleen, at the time...
Finally, after nine long, painful, shameful years, someone has stood up for the rights and the well-being of the Forgotten Victims of 9/11.
NEW YORK | A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal settlement that would have given at least $575 million to people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal shortchanged 10,000 ground zero workers whom he called heroes. "In my judgment, this settlement is not enough," said U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who delivered his pronouncement to a stunned gallery ...
WASHINGTON—After 9/11, Congress in its panic hastily—and, many think, ill-advisedly—created the Frankenstein we now know as Homeland Security out of disparate parts from the Justice and Treasury departments and elsewhere. Among the agencies that found themselves now in a new, uncharted bureaucracy that was 270,000 people strong were the Bureau of Customs and the Immigration and Naturalization ...
Sherri Williams, of Danbury, mother of 9/11 victim, Candace Williams, attended the 9/11 Ground Zero tribute in New York City every Year. Sherri died Tuesday.
A federal judge wants to hear from ground zero workers about a multimillion-dollar legal settlement for people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center.
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. on Friday, March 19, 2010, a federal judge in New York rejected a multimillion dollar legal settlement for people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center because didn't contain enough money for the workers. (AP Photo/Stan Honda ...
A New York federal judge on Friday scuttled a proposed settlement of lawsuits filed by more than 10,000 Ground Zero workers seeking compensation for health problems triggered by their exposure to ash and dust spewed into the air after the 9/11 terror attacks. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, who has presided over the often bitter litigation for eight years, ordered the parties to renegotiate a deal ...
File photo / AP, 2001 In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. On Friday, a federal judge in New York rejected a multimillion dollar legal settlement for people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center because didn't contain enough money for the workers.
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