$712.5 Million Settlement Approved For World Trade Center Site Workers

NEW YORK—A federal judge overseeing more than 10,000 personal injury suits by rescue and cleanup workers at the World Trade Center disaster site June 23 approved a $712.5 million amended settlement establishing a compensation fund to cover their claims (In re World Trade Ctr. Disaster Site Litig.

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruling after a fairness hearing, issued an order finding the amended settlement “fair, reasonable, adequate, just, and in the best interests of the parties in light of the complexity, expense, and duration of litigation and the risks ...