Legal Opinion
Industrial Risk Insurers v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 26, 2005No. 02 Civ. 7170(AKH)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT AGAINST CITIGROUP DEFENDANTS
HELLERSTEIN, District Judge.
The raging, unquenchable fires of September 11, 2001, brought down, not only the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, buildings One and Two, but building Seven as well, an adjacent 47-story office tower. The terrorists flew the airplanes they hijacked directly into buildings One and Two, and the resulting fires consumed the two 102-story structures, causing them to collapse. Chunks of the collapsing buildings fell onto Seven, causing the fires to spread to that building, where they created another…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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3Cited by19 opinions
- MBIA Insurance v. Patriarch Partners VIII, LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- Industrial Risk Insurers v. Port Authority of New York & New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
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- Weisfelner v. Blavatnik (In re Lyondell Chemical Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2016
- Baidu, Inc. v. Register. Com, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2010
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