The plaintiffs are seeking compensatory damages for pain and suffering and economic loss. Some are asking for medical monitoring; others are considering punitive damages, as well.
The defendants contend that a link between the plaintiffs' illnesses and their exposure at Ground Zero cannot be proven. They also contend that some of the plaintiffs' claims are fraudulent.
The cases, which involve some 90 different defendant entities, have drawn the attention of hundreds of lawyers and yielded millions of pages of legal documents. If the cases go to trial, jurors will be faced with determining the culpability of these public and private organizations against a group of very sympathetic plaintiffs, primarily firefighters, police officers, construction workers, and other first-responders.
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