June 18, 2015
Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern LLP has withdrawn its request for more than $890,000 in fees for World Trade Center disaster site litigation after a New York federal judge demanded an explanation for what he said were "unreasonable" copying expenses incurred to transfer files to substituted plaintiffs' counsel.
September 12, 2012
The former special liaison to a group of cleaning and repair workers injured in the World Trade Center cleanup after the 9/11 attacks lost her bid to recoup $1.87 million for her work in the case after a New York federal judge ruled the request as "grossly excessive" during a hearing Wednesday.
June 29, 2012
Bankrupt commercial real estate advisory firm Grubb & Ellis Co. on Thursday agreed to allow cleaning and repair workers hurt in the World Trade Center cleanup after the 9/11 attacks to proceed with litigation against it to pursue the firm's insurance funds.
March 15, 2011
The federal judge handling a $713 million settlement between ailing ground zero workers and New York City and its insurers insisted Friday that 59 plaintiffs ineligible for the settlement be represented by the special counsel he appointed.
November 15, 2010
A federal judge on Monday gave the green light to a $24.3 million settlement to resolve the claims of nearly 2,000 workers at a Staten Island landfill involved in the disposal and sorting of debris collected from the World Trade Center site following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
October 15, 2010
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, owner of the World Trade Center site, has struck a tentative $47 million settlement with thousands of ground zero workers who claim they were exposed to toxic dust in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
October 11, 2007
An appeals court has vacated a stay in a case brought by workers who sued the City of New York over claims they suffered respiratory injuries at Ground Zero, ruling that the public interest favors permitting pretrial proceedings to resume.