A federal appeals court has ruled that lawsuits by over 10,000 World Trade Center relief workers can move forward against New York City and contractors under its jurisdiction, as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The case was brought on behalf of relief workers who claim they suffer from respiratory complications as a result of their work at locations in New York associated with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
The city has maintained that it is immune from such lawsuits under certain state and federal statutes designed to protect it during civil crises that require extraordinary responses that draw on both public and private resources.
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