A settlement of claims by dozens of workers who said they were injured while cleaning “World Trade Center dust” from buildings after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks has been approved by a federal judge.
Southern District Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Tuesday signed the agreement for 82 workers out of some 1,000 who claim respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses as a result of their cleanup work in and around Ground Zero. The workers settled with building owners and their managing agents, contractors and subcontractors.
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