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Judge reveals talks to settle Ground Zero cases

Originally published: February 5, 2010 12:14 PM
Updated: February 5, 2010 9:29 PM
By NEWSDAY STAFF  lidesk@newsday.com

Cranes at Ground Zero on Feb. 3.

Photo credit: Getty/TIMOTHY A. CLARY | Cranes at Ground Zero on Feb. 3.

Lawyers are engaged in "intensive" negotiations to settle thousands of lawsuits brought by Ground Zero workers who claim they suffered injuries, according to a transcript of remarks by the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case released Friday.

"There have been intensive discussions going on . . . looking to settlements of individual cases and globally of all cases," U.S. District Judge...

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