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To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (2202)	9/9/2003 1:24:22 PM
From: michael_f_murphy	Respond to of 2243

Judge Allows 9/11 Suits Against Airlines and Port Authority By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge ruled Tuesday that lawsuits can proceed that blame airlines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Boeing Co. for injuries and deaths in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The 49-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein was based on the cases of about 70 of the injured and representatives of those who died in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the crash of a hijacked plane in Pennsylvania. He said the Port Authority, which owns the World Trade Center property, "has not shown that it will prove its defense of governmental immunity as to negligence allegations made by WTC occupants." The defendants had argued that the lawsuits against them should be dismissed because they had no duty to anticipate and guard against deliberate and suicidal aircraft crashes into the towers and because any alleged negligence on their part was not the cause of the deaths and injuries. The judge said the evidence he had seen does not support Boeing's argument that the invasion and takeover of the cockpit by the terrorists frees it from liability. The plaintiffs said Boeing should have designed its cockpit door to prevent hijackers from invading the cockpit. The plaintiffs had said that American and United Airlines and the Port Authority were legally responsible to protect people on the ground when the hijacked aircraft smashed into the twin towers, causing them to collapse. As a result of the ruling, court officials were preparing for a possible legal onslaught at the Manhattan courthouse as early as this week as some people choose lawsuits over applying to the federal victims compensation fund. Dec. 22 is the last day families may apply to the fund, created by Congress to provide financial aid to the families of those killed or injured in the attacks, and to protect the commercial aviation industry from crippling litigation. As of late August, 2,275 claims had been filed. But roughly 1,700 families had yet to decide whether to enroll with the fund or join lawsuits against the airlines, security companies and government agencies. The average payout so far has been about $1.5 million, with the highest award $6.8 million. The minimum payout is $250,000. The fund has made offers averaging $1.41 million to 398 families thus far. About 1,600 families have filed papers stating an interest in applying for the fund. [9/11 victims families choosing to sue rather than go through federal victims compensation fund - mfm]

To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (2202)	9/25/2003 5:44:36 PM
From: scaram(o)uche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2243

>> I remember, just post 9-11, a statement attributed to Al Qaeda. Very poorly paraphrased, I'm certain, it went something like "We don't need to destroy America. We only need attack them, and they will destroy themselves." << sun-sentinel.com Widow of man killed by anthrax in Boca sues U.S. for $50 million By Kathy Bushouse and Jon Burstein Staff Writers Posted September 25 2003 The widow of inhalation anthrax victim Bob Stevens filed lawsuits in state and federal courts Wednesday, alleging that negligence by either the U.S. government or by at least two laboratories that handle the anthrax bacteria may have led to her husband's death. The two lawsuits outline the same arguments: that either the federal government or the labs allowed someone to get a sample of Bacillus anthracis that was later mailed to American Media Inc. in Boca Raton in the letter that Stevens handled. (continues)