Legal Opinion
Aegis Insurance Services, Inc. v. 7 World Trade Center Company, L.P.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 4, 2013No. Docket 11-4403-cvPublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
The 7 World Trade Center Building (“7WTC”) stood on the northern edge of the World Trade Center site. As the North Tower collapsed on September 11, 2001, it sent flaming debris spewing into the area around 7WTC. The fiery debris crashed into 7WTC, gouging chunks out of the building. Fires burned on multiple floors. Confident that the people inside had evacuated, grappling with the death of hundreds of firefighters and a non-existent supply of water, the New York City Fire Department made the decision to establish a collapse zone and walk away, rather than fight the fire.…
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