A New York appellate court upheld an award of death benefits for a cancer-stricken man following his work in the rescue and recovery operations at the World Trade Center in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Case: Matter of Lamont v. Superior Ambulance Service Inc., No. CV-23-0874, 11/21/2024, published.
Facts and procedural history: Thomas Lamont participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery and cleanup operations following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
In 2017, Lamont was diagnosed with rectal cancer. He filed a workers’ compensation claim...
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