NEW YORK (Reuters) - Claims brought by 3,000 emergency workers who sued New York City over health damages caused from the cleanup after the Sept. 11 attacks can move forward, a U.S. federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
The World Trade Center recovery workers sued the city, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and hundreds of city contractors in 2003. They claimed they lacked proper breathing equipment to combat the toxic air during the 10-month cleanup, and that their lungs were permanently damaged as a result.
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