Legal Opinion

In Re World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided December 4, 2006No. 21 MC 100(AKH), 21 MC 102(AKH)Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO REMAND

HELLERSTEIN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs discussed in this opinion 1 suffered injuries in the World Trade Center workplace after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In Spagnuolo v. Port Auth., 245 F.Supp.2d 518 (S.D.N.Y.2002) and Graybill v. City of New York, 247 F.Supp.2d 345 (S.D.N.Y.2002), I held that workplace injuries of the nature complained of, alleging causes of action under the New York Labor Law, should be heard in the New York Supreme Court, and I remanded those cases to that court. However, a number of like cases were again removed after…

2Cases cited6 opinions

Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
Gerald Grimo and Gerald Grimo, Special Administrator of the Estate of Diana Grimo Bnf Diana Grimo v. Blue Cross/blue Shield, of VermontCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
In Re World Trade Center Disaster Site LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006
Graybill v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002
Spagnuolo v. Port Authority of New York & New JerseyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2002

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