Legal Opinion
World Trade Ctr. Lower Manhattan Disaster Site Litig. Stanislaw Faltynowicz v. Battery Park City Auth.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 6, 2018No. 15-2181-cv(L); 15-2283-cv(Con); 15-2285-cv(Con); 15-2487-cv(Con); 15-2506-cv(Con); 15-2687-cv(Con); August Term, 2016PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Per curiam
This action involves the tort and labor law claims of workers whose participation in post-9/11 cleanup efforts allegedly caused them to develop respiratory illnesses. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Alvin K. Hellerstein, J. ) granted summary judgment against the workers, holding that the law that had revived their otherwise time-barred claims was unconstitutional under the New York State Constitution. We previously certified to the New York Court of Appeals ("NYCOA") two questions implicated by this consolidated appeal. The NYCOA having answered, we now…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- City of New York v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
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- Faltynowicz v. Battery Park City Auth. (In re World Trade Ctr. Lower Manhattan Disaster Site Litig.)Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 2017
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Astudillo v. 90 Church Street Limited PartnershipDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2019
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