House passes bill to aid 9/11 relief workers 
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: October 5, 2010
Tags: health care, illness, September 11, workers, World Trade Center
The House has passed a bill to provide up to $7.4 billion to workers sickened during the cleanup of the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11.
Sickened Sept. 11 workers agree to revised $712 million settlement
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: June 14, 2010
Tags: September 11
Attorneys for thousands of workers who suffered health problems stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center reached a revised $712 million settlement with New York City Thursday.
Judge to decide on 9/11 workers settlement with New York City
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: September 11
Thousand of workers who suffered injuries while working at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have reached a tentative $657.5 million settlement with the City of New York and its contractors.
Judge to weigh $657M deal for WTC responders
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: September 11, toxic tort
A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before a judge Friday, and he has said he favored a settlement but planned to analyze it carefully to make sure it was fair.
9/11 suits settle
By:
Susan Bocamazo
Published: March 16, 2009
Tags: September 11
All but three of nearly 100 lawsuits brought on behalf of those killed or injured in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have been settled for half a billion dollars.
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