Con-Ed's facilities at 7 World Trade Center were destroyed when two 6,000 gallon diesel fuel tanks ignited. Federal District Alvin Hellerstein, who manages the WTC litigation at the Southern District of New York has dismissed Con-Ed's action agaanst the developers, finding the events too remote to support the utility's liability claim. In Re WTC Litigation.
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Showing posts with label World Trade Center disaster. Show all posts
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Workers' Compensation: The World Trade Center Health Program Expands The Path to Federalization
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| 9/11 responders with Senators Schumer and Gillibrand |
12/23/2010
Yesterday the US Congress passed and sent to the President, The World Trade Center Health Program, marking yet another advance on the path to federalize the nation's workers' compensation program. The Federally funded and administered program provides for medical evaluation and treatment of occupational medical conditions that have been neglected or ignored by other benefit programs.
The legislation specifically provides for medical monitoring and treatment to eligible emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers, including those who are Federal employees, who responded to the September 11, 200, terrorist attacks. Furthermore, the program will provide initial health evaluations, monitoring, and treatment to residents and other building occupants and area workers in New York City who were directly impacted and adversely affected by the attacks.
Yesterday the US Congress passed and sent to the President, The World Trade Center Health Program, marking yet another advance on the path to federalize the nation's workers' compensation program. The Federally funded and administered program provides for medical evaluation and treatment of occupational medical conditions that have been neglected or ignored by other benefit programs.
The legislation specifically provides for medical monitoring and treatment to eligible emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers, including those who are Federal employees, who responded to the September 11, 200, terrorist attacks. Furthermore, the program will provide initial health evaluations, monitoring, and treatment to residents and other building occupants and area workers in New York City who were directly impacted and adversely affected by the attacks.
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