Archive of News (2011)
Meet the Woman Who Will Decide the Financial Fate of Many WTC Claimants
Robert Joseph, a former NYPD officer, has braces on both knees and gout in almost every joint in his body. “The only place I don’t have it yet is my neck and my back,” the 39-year-old said. “Thank God.”
New 9/11 Fund May Not Pay to Treat Mental Illnesses
New rules proposed for a fund for those sickened by exposure to the Ground Zero site would cover claims from a wider area of Lower Manhattan, but it would not pay money to those claiming mental problems as as a result of the terror attacks.
Expanded Boundaries Likely to Make More Eligible for 9/11 Compensation
The special master in charge of a fund for people suffering lingering health effects from the Sept. 11 attack proposed on Tuesday to greatly expand the area of Lower Manhattan it covers, potentially increasing the number of residents, workers, students and passers-by who would be eligible for federal compensation.
Eric Holder Names Class Action Lawyer To Run 9/11 Fund
Attorney General Eric Holder named a veteran New York lawyer to head the new 9/11 victims’ fund, passing up another choice that was more popular with the 9/11 community.
Howard to return as W.T.C. Health Program director
The community directly affected by 9/11 rejoiced when the James Zadroga Act was signed into law in early January. But the exact provisions of the bill are still far from being ironed out.
Overseer of 9/11 Health Fund Is Chosen
The Justice Department on Wednesday chose a special master to administer a multibillion-dollar fund created to provide compensation to rescue workers and others sickened from exposure to toxic fumes, dust and smoke from ground zero after the 2001 terrorist attack.
WTC First Responders, Survivors Attend Health Conference
September 11th First Responder David Jacobs says he’s afraid he will not live long enough to walk his young daughter down the aisle. He says he’s suffering from a number of respiratory illnesses that started to develop in 2008.
The 9/11 Health & Compensation Act of 2010
One year ago, the responder and survivor community held yet another 9/11 rally at the World Trade Center site, calling on both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. After a very long battle and much uncertainty, we are in a better place today.
9/11 Plaintiffs Firm Is Ordered to Work With Conflicts Counsel
Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern, the lead law firm for some 10,000 plaintiffs in the 9/11 respiratory illness litigation, has been ordered to cooperate with a special counsel appointed by Southern District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein to alleviate a conflict of interest the judge said may have “seriously prejudiced” 59 plaintiffs.
Payments to 9/11 Workers Are Off to Slow Start
Payments to the 9/11 rescue and cleanup workers who settled their lawsuits with New York City last year are going out on schedule, lawyers for the two sides said, even if thousands of the plaintiffs have yet to see any money.