SEPTEMBER 11 CASES
May 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIENEW claims for worker compensation relating to illnesses alleged to be related to the September11 attacks are continuing to be filed in New York. To date, the total numbers of claims due to World Trade Centre (WTC) attacks submitted to the New York State Workers' Compensation Board have been 10,109. Of these 2,199 were death claims of which 97 per cent have been settled. Another 7,910 injury and exposure claims were filed, with 86 per cent of them being settled.Jon Sullivan, spokesperson for the Board said the majority of claims submitted in the ...
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