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NEW YORK – After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.
The settlement was announced Thursday evening by the WTC Captive Insurance Co., a special entity established to indemnify the city and its contractors against potential legal action as they moved to clean up the site after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
The deal, which still must be approved
At least I am so glad to hear that they finally stopped ignoring the "unsung heroes" of 9/11, the first responders.
"I am glad to reassure the people of New York and Washington D.C. that their air is safe to breathe and their water is safe to drink.." -- Christine Todd Whitman, administrator in charge of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and former New Jersey governor
Originally posted by Crito
Why won't these conspiracy theories go away! You've been debunked over and over again. The government told the whole truth about 9/11. These people are all faking being sick and dying. They're all antisemitic rag head lovers
Originally posted by andy1972
Originally posted by Crito
Why won't these conspiracy theories go away! You've been debunked over and over again. The government told the whole truth about 9/11. These people are all faking being sick and dying. They're all antisemitic rag head lovers
Faking being sick and dying ????
Antisemetic raghead lovers???
Whos faking???
Whos lying???
Shouldnt it be antiraghead and semetic lovers????
ARE THERE ANY MODS ON THIS THREAD???
What crap is this guy talking..
Still, with 10,000 plaintiffs involved in the case, success isn't assured. Only $575 million of the settlement is guaranteed. Some workers will qualify for only the minimum payment of $3,250. Any award they get could be depleted by a third or more once the plaintiffs' lawyers take their cut.
Originally posted by Wyn Hawks
...from the article...
Still, with 10,000 plaintiffs involved in the case, success isn't assured. Only $575 million of the settlement is guaranteed. Some workers will qualify for only the minimum payment of $3,250. Any award they get could be depleted by a third or more once the plaintiffs' lawyers take their cut.
...this is a STFU deal... 95% of the plaintiffs have to agree or the deal is off for everyone... let me make that clearer... if only 94% of the plaintiffs want the deal, its off... its a FEMA grant - slow and insulting, as usual...