A New Jersey judge says the fiancee of a stock trader killed in the World Trade Center attack can pursue a claim that the victim's parents defrauded her out of a share of $2.9 million from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, in a rare example of litigation over what the fund intended when it made the award. Joshua Rosenblum left no will and New Jersey law doesn't recognize fiancees as heirs. Rosenblum's mother had promised before the award to share her son's estate with his fiancee, but did not.
January 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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A New Jersey judge says the fiancee of a stock trader killed in the World Trade Center attack can pursue a claim that the victim’s parents defrauded her out of a share of $2.9 million from the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.
It’s a rare example of litigation over what the fund intended when it made the award, part of the government’s $7 billion in largesse to the 5,500 victims and their survivors.
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