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Zadroga Bill Amended to Allow for Claims by WTC Plaintiffs Who Have Settled
July 28, 2010Congress has amended the language of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 to allow for benefit claims by first responders and other World Trade Center Disaster Site clean up workers who have settled their litigation claims against the City of New York, its contractors and other defendants. The amendment to the bill's original language now provides that any person who has settled a civil litigation claim that was commenced after December 22, 2003 and settled and released all claims before the final enactment of the Zadroga bill will be permitted to file a claim for benefits under the Zadroga bill. "Enactment" of a Bill means that the bill has been finally approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and signed by the President. Full release.
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