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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online More than a decade after the World Trade Center terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, the US government added cancer to the list of sicknesses covered by a $4.3 billion fund set up to help rescue workers and others who were adversely affected by the cleanup process after the tragedy. The health issues were directly related to the dust, debris and fumes released from the twin towers’ wreckage. The addition of cancer to the WTC...
Parker Waichman LLP is Fighting Alongside Michael Winter, a Former United Airline Dispatch Working on 9/11 Who Now Struggles with PTSD, to Obtain Health Benefits He Desperately Needs from the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. New York, New York (PRWEB) September 19, 2012 Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm that has spent the last decade working to ensure the heroes of 9/11 are not forgotten, is representing a former airline dispatcher in his fight to receive health benefits from the...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) praised the decision this week to add lung cancer and other cancers to the list of diseases covered by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act Fund. The Zadroga fund was established by Congress in 2010 to provide health benefits for the survivors and responders to the 9/11 disaster. Initially cancers were excluded from the diseases covered by the $4.3 billion fund but subsequent review...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online As the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York rolls around, the federal government has added fourteen categories of cancer to the list of illnesses linked to the tragic day. Linking the 9/11 terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001 to the list of illnesses brings added coverage to rescue workers and people living near ground zero at the time. The National Institute for...
According to Parker Watchman LLP, decision by Special Master Sheila Birnbaum to suspend payments from the Zadroga Act 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund means Zadroga Act claimants who have already submitted applications for compensation will have to wait longer for any award. New York, NY (PRWEB) August 17, 2012 Parker Waichman LLP, a national law firm representing many ill 9/11 first responders, is reporting today that Sheila Birnbaum, the Special Master of the 9/11 Victims Compensation...
A recent recommendation of the federal government may allow the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund to offer compensation and treatment to a wider range of cancers suffered by the victims of 9/11. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 14, 2012 Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C., a Manhattan-based law firm with over a decade of experience in securing compensation for victims of the World Trade Center disaster, welcomes the recommendation of the federal government to compensate cancers under...
New York City lawyer Michael Barasch of Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson says more victims who have developed cancer due to toxic fumes caused by the World Trade Center collapse may now be eligible for compensation from the Zadroga Act Fund. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 11, 2012 Adding 50 types of cancer to the list of diagnoses covered in the Zadroga Act to compensate Ground Zero workers and other victims of the toxic dust generated by the World Trade Center collapse in 2001 is the...
CRESSKILL, N.J., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Time is running out for many 9/11 First Responders whose cancers will now be covered in the expanded Zadroga Act. "They need to move fast. It's no exaggeration to say that lives are at stake," John Feal, 9/11 First Responder and Zadroga advocate, told the New York Daily News. Unfortunately, the time from the establishment of award amounts for cancer-suffering First Responders to actual disbursal can be months and even years. To ease...
NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern, LLP, Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs in the World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigations, today announced its strong support for the Draft Report release by the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (STAC). That report, provided at the request of the Administrator of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Law of 2010 ("Zadroga Act") recommends that the...
WTC and Zadroga family attorneys of Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson, in conjunction with Kreindler & Kreindler, have pledged to stand by 9/11 first responder clients turned away by another law firm New York, NY (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 The New York injury lawyers of Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson, in partnership with Kreindler & Kreindler continue to stand by the heroes of 9/11, pledging not to abandon any World Trade Center first responder clients. As reported by the...
