September 6, 2006
Nearly seven out of every ten World Trade Center responders suffered lung problems during or after their work at ground zero, and high rates of lung “abnormalities” continued years after the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to a new health study. …
September 4, 2006
New York State has adopted a trio of laws designed to speed workers’ compensation benefits for workers and their families with claims related to 9/11 rescue efforts. The first new law enables many workers who became ill after the expiration …
September 4, 2006
New York State has adopted a trio of laws designed to speed workers’ compensation benefits for workers and their families with claims related to 9/11 rescue efforts. The first new law enables many workers who became ill after the expiration …
September 4, 2006
Zurich, Employers and the World Trade Center Site Owner A deal in which the owner of the World Trade Center site would take control of two towers being built there from a private developer is a step closer to being …
August 15, 2006
New York State has adopted a trio of laws designed to speed workers’ compensation benefits for workers and their families with claims related to 9/11 rescue efforts. The first new law enables many workers who became ill after the expiration …
August 10, 2006
A deal in which the World Trade Center site’s owner would take control of two towers being built there from a private developer is a step closer to being finalized. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey filed …
July 3, 2006
Blink blink “Someone’s going to have to blink soon.” Ted Kelly, chairman, president, and CEO , Liberty Mutual Group Inc., speaking about the industry’s pricing discipline in the face of diminishing capacity, especially in coastal areas. Down the road “Given …
June 26, 2006
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, together with World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein, is suing seven insurers over delays in payments they say are needed to rebuild on the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist …
June 25, 2006
A lawyer asked a judge last Thursday to protect New York City and about 150 private contractors from lawsuits filed by thousands of emergency workers who got sick after working in the dust of the World Trade Center. The lawyer, …
June 15, 2006
A judge has ruled that World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein cannot force insurance companies to pay his legal fees related to litigation stemming from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said Thursday that it …