http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2089898 Sept. 9, 2003, 11:05AM Judge: Sept. 11 suits can proceed against airlines Associated Press NEW YORK -- A federal judge ruled today that lawsuits can proceed that blame airlines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Boeing Co. for injuries and deaths in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The 49-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein was based on the cases of about 70 of the injured and representatives of those who died in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the crash of a hijacked plane in Pennsylvania.
