Joshua949
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Before you read the story below i just want to say something....why are they sueing these companies before..they clearly has no idea that Sept. 11 was going to happen...if they were going to sue somebody it should be the FBI & u.s. gov. b/c they were the ones who knew that Sept. 11 was coming...i mean hello here....& another thing...if these buildings didnt have good evacuation routes & the same for airplanes...then why didnt these people file a lawsuit before sept. 11 b/c i dont think that they changed the evacuation route & made it any harder...hello..people..
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September 11 Cases Vs Airlines Get Go-Ahead
Tue September 9, 2003 02:05 PM ET
By Gail Appleson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Sept. 11th lawsuits brought against airlines, aircraft makers and World Trade Center owners by victims' families and those injured, who charge that negligence played a key role in the attacks two years ago.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein allows the litigation to proceed against the American Airlines unit of AMR Corp., UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, jet maker Boeing Co. and other defendants including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and World Trade Center Properties.
Hellerstein's ruling does not determine liability but paves the way for the next stage of proceedings.
The plaintiffs charged that the airlines were negligent in failing to carry out adequate security measures. They argued that the airlines are liable for the attacks because they failed to stop hijackers from entering the cockpits of the four hijacked planes.
The airlines argued they should not be held liable because the unprecedented attacks were unforeseeable and they had followed safety measures required by the federal government.
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Boeing was sued for what the plaintiffs called negligent plane design.
The plaintiffs accused the owners and operator of the World Trade Center of negligently designing buildings without adequate evacuation routes.
The ruling is being widely watched by families who must choose whether to join the litigation or seek payment from a national compensation fund.
The deadline for filing with the fund, which was created by Congress to help protect the airline industry from litigation, is Dec. 22. As of late August, some 2,275 claims had been filed but about 1,700 families had yet to decide whether to enroll with the fund or join litigation.
The lawsuit before Hellerstein was brought by 70 of the injured and representatives of those who died as well as by 10 entities that suffered property damage. Many other cases have been filed but have not yet been heard.
A federal act passed in the weeks following Sept. 11, 2001 dictates that all suits over damages growing out of the hijackings be filed in Manhattan federal court.
About 3,000 people were killed in the hijacked airline attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and in the air crash in rural Pennsylvania.
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September 11 Cases Vs Airlines Get Go-Ahead
Tue September 9, 2003 02:05 PM ET
By Gail Appleson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Sept. 11th lawsuits brought against airlines, aircraft makers and World Trade Center owners by victims' families and those injured, who charge that negligence played a key role in the attacks two years ago.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein allows the litigation to proceed against the American Airlines unit of AMR Corp., UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, jet maker Boeing Co. and other defendants including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and World Trade Center Properties.
Hellerstein's ruling does not determine liability but paves the way for the next stage of proceedings.
The plaintiffs charged that the airlines were negligent in failing to carry out adequate security measures. They argued that the airlines are liable for the attacks because they failed to stop hijackers from entering the cockpits of the four hijacked planes.
The airlines argued they should not be held liable because the unprecedented attacks were unforeseeable and they had followed safety measures required by the federal government.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines Ltd . on Tuesday reported a
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Boeing was sued for what the plaintiffs called negligent plane design.
The plaintiffs accused the owners and operator of the World Trade Center of negligently designing buildings without adequate evacuation routes.
The ruling is being widely watched by families who must choose whether to join the litigation or seek payment from a national compensation fund.
The deadline for filing with the fund, which was created by Congress to help protect the airline industry from litigation, is Dec. 22. As of late August, some 2,275 claims had been filed but about 1,700 families had yet to decide whether to enroll with the fund or join litigation.
The lawsuit before Hellerstein was brought by 70 of the injured and representatives of those who died as well as by 10 entities that suffered property damage. Many other cases have been filed but have not yet been heard.
A federal act passed in the weeks following Sept. 11, 2001 dictates that all suits over damages growing out of the hijackings be filed in Manhattan federal court.
About 3,000 people were killed in the hijacked airline attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and in the air crash in rural Pennsylvania.
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