American & United Settle 9/11 Lawsuit With World Trade Center Developers

I thought Congress passed legislation in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 that indemnified the airlines and other responsible parties. The settlements paid to the heirs of the victims, for examples, were paid by the feds. Then again Silverstein Property's insurers paid, so maybe it was only wrongful death claims by the victim's heirs?

I would be curious to read the complaints and see what the exact allegations of negligence were in this situation.

Once again, the lawyers make out like bandits.

I too am surprised to hear that this was still going on, and also would be curious to read the actual complaints. That said, with the amount of contradiction in the 911 Comission Reports, official statements and other discrepencies in the events of Sept 11, the lawyers must have had a field day dragging this on.

Shameful behavior on the part of the Plaintiffs and their bloodsucking attorneys.

Airlines were responsible for the first $2 billion in claims, with the US Taxpayers picking up the rest.

UA and AA both had insurance policies that covered the first $2 billion, so most likely the insurers will be covering this payout.

Note that victims families could choose to sue the airlines or accept a payout from the government based on how much the victim was worth.

with regards to the lawsuit against airlines, some insurers exclude terror etc, but to be fair, where you cant blame ,maybe the airline, if you strip everything away, the planes did crash and cause damage, In the UK, if someone stole a car, and it hit you and your car , whilst driving, you could still claim against them, and owners, i.e. if the owners left their keys in car, In other words, the situation was terrible for what happened, but Towers were not at fault, what does anyone else think, with out being a lawyer, no smith v peters, pls ha ha

Larry “pull it” Silverstein. I’m curious if he sued anyone for the implosion....er collapse of building 7?

A solid 25% of commenters thus far are 9/11 truthers ... yikes.

Justin, all I’m saying is Building 7, UNTOUCHED by any airplanes, was clearly an implosion. To watch the video of that building falling in seconds and to say otherwise makes one a willful idiot.

Oh, and by the way, 16 years later the money grubbing pos & his blood-sucking lawyers are still trying to profit off of the horrid events of 9/11.

Strange how a victim of crime can be sued for it. What a messed up society we live in.

If Silverstein had already received billions from insurers, it makes it sound like by suing the airlines they are making a profit out of a tragedy. If that is true it is appalling.