Legal Opinion
SR International Business Insurance v. World Trade Center Properties, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 18, 2006No. Docket Nos. 04-4500-cv(L), 05-6343-cv(CON), 05-3167-cv(L), 05-3168-cv(CON), 05-3169-cv(CON), 05-3170-cv(CON), 05-3204-cv(CON), 05-3325-cv(CON), 05-3940-cv(CON), 05-3942-cv(CON)PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge.
These are appeals from judgments following two separate phases of a jury trial to adjudicate whether the coordinated terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001— whereby two jetliners separately crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center (“WTC”), destroying both buildings — constituted one or two “occurrences” under the terms of multiple insurance contracts. The parties are entities with varying property interests in the WTC (the “Silverstein Parties”)1 and the insurance companies they retained to provide approximately $3.5 billion in multi-layered…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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