Friday, March 12, 2010

3/12/10 - National News

Workers at Ground Zero 
Sue the City of New York


Read this article and answer these three questions in the comment section:

1.  Why are the workers suing the city of New York?

2.  How much is the settlement worth?

3.  What type of illnesses were most often reported by Ground Zero workers?



10 comments:

  1. 1. damage to their health

    2. 657.5 million

    3. asma

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  2. 1.They are suing because they are getting sick from they dust and dubery in the air.
    2. the settelment cost 657.5 million dollars.
    3.It was mostly asma and respatory illness. also they are mostly injured.

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  3. 1. $657.5 million
    2. 10,000 plaintiffs
    3. got the illness from the debris

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  4. 1. they sued them over damage to their health
    2. up to $657.5 million
    3. they got sick from the debree

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  5. 1). severity of their illnesses and the level of their exposure to contaminants at the World Trade Center site.
    2). up to $657.5 million
    3). The most commonly asthma and other respiratory illnesses from the toxic brew of contaminants at ground zero and the defendants’failure to adequately supervise and protect them with safety equipment, like respirators. also, a man died of esophageal cancer.

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  6. 1.damage to their health

    2.$657.5 million

    3.asthma and other respiratory illnesses

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  7. 1.Sued for there health reasons.
    2. $657.5
    3.asmia, reperation

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  8. 1.health
    2.657.5 million
    3.black lung

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  9. they are suing because they got sick
    it is worth 657.5 mil
    they are sick with asthma

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  10. They are suing the city of new york due to damage to their health. The settlement is worth 657.5 million dollars. The type of illnesses that was most often reported was asthma and they are affriad that it could later result in cancer.

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