Requests from nearly 300 plaintiffs who worked at the World Trade Center site for permission to file late claim notices against New York City must be resolved in federal court, a New York appellate court panel has ruled. The decision effectively cancels a state judge's rulings that had authorized the late claims. Federal law requires that the injury suits be filed in federal court; The panel decided that the state court had no jurisdiction to decide if workers can file late claim notices under state law.
September 24, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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Requests from nearly 300 workers at the World Trade Center site for permission to file late notices of claim against New York City must be resolved in federal court, a unanimous panel of New York’s Appellate Division, 1st Department ruled Thursday.
The decision effectively cancels the rulings of a state judge, who had authorized the late claims.
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