Reversing a lower court's grant of summary judgment, the Second Circuit ruled yesterday that the Port Authority can potentially be found negligent for allowing tenants to install diesel fuel tanks at 7 World Trade Center, which allegedly accelerated and ultimately caused the destruction of the building after it was hit by streaming fire and debris from the adjacent Twin Towers.
June 22, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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The insurer for Con Edison can sue the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for negligence in connection with the destruction by fire of 7 World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.
Reversing a lower court’s grant of summary judgment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said the Port Authority can potentially be held liable in the $314.5 million suit for the installation of diesel fuel tanks at 7 World Trade.
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