Lawsuits can proceed on behalf of thousands of workers who say they were not properly protected as they cleaned up the World Trade Center site after the 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
Lawyers for New York City and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site, had argued that they are immune from nearly 8,000 workers' claims.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals however said it is too early to decide whether the defendants are protected from these sorts of lawsuits.