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WTC Developer Must Pay Defense Costs

World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein cannot force insurance companies to pay his legal fees related to litigation stemming from the Sept. 11 attacks, a Manhattan federal judge ruled yesterda

By Staff Writer | Updated on June 09, 2006

World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein cannot force insurance companies to pay his legal fees related to litigation stemming from the Sept. 11 attacks, a Manhattan federal judge ruled yesterday.

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said forcing companies to pay Mr. Silverstein’s legal defense costs was unjust when all but one of more than a dozen companies had made it clear in their policies that they would not cover such costs.

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