IN RE SEPTEMBER 11 LITIGATION

Nos. 21 MC 101(AKH), 07 Civ. 7051(AKH), 08 Civ. 10646(AKH).

621 F.Supp.2d 131 (2009)

In re SEPTEMBER 11 LITIGATION.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek Todd Smith, Zafer Adem Akin, Akin & Smith, LLC, for World Trade Farmers Market, Inc., Adem Arici, Omer Ipek.

Douglas J. Pepe, Gregory P. Joseph, Gregory P. Joseph Law Offices LLC, New York, NY, for World Trade Farmers Market, Inc., Adem Arici, Omer Ipek, 80 Lafayette Associates, L.L.C., Barcley Dwyer Co., Inc., Karoon Capital Management, Inc., N.S. Windows, LLC, Tower Computer Services, Inc., Wall Street Realty Capital, Inc., MVN Associates, Inc., Marsha Van Name, Floyd Van Name, Daniel D'Aquila, Koudis International, Inc., Mayore Estates, LLC, Industrial Risk Insurers.

Jemi Melanie Goulian, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ, for World Trade Farmers Market, Inc., Adem Arici, Mayore Estates, L.L.C., 80 Lafayette Associates, L.L.C., Serko & Simon, LLP, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's Comprising Syndicates No. 33, 1003, 2003, 1208, 1243, 0376, Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, Barcley Dwyer Co., Inc., Karoon Capital Management, Inc., N.S. Windows, LLC, Tower Computer Services, Inc., Wall Street Realty Capital, Inc., MVN Associates, Inc., Marsha Van Name, Floyd Van Name, Daniel D'Aquila, Koudis International, Inc., American Alternative Insurance Corporation, The Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London as Members of Syndicates Numbered 1212, 1241, 79, 506, and 2791, QBE International Insurance Ltd., Industrial Risk Insurers, Assurances Generales de France, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Woburn Insurance, Ltd., Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance Company of Greater New York, Munich-American Risk Partners, Underwriters at Lloyd's Subscribing to Syndicate No. 1225, American Re-Insurance Company, AXA Art Insurance Corporation, AXA Cessions, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance, AXA Corporate Solutions Services UK, Ltd., AXA Corporation Solutions Assurance Canadian Branch, AXA Re, AXA Re Madeira Branch, AXA Re Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., AXA Reinsurance UK, PLC, AXA Verischerung AG, AXA Corporation Solutions Insurance Company, Compagnie Generale de Reassurance de Monte Carlo, SPS Reassurance, Aegis Insurance Services, Inc., Liberty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., National Union Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft, Munich Reinsurance Company UK General Branch, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance UK Branch, World Trade Center Properties LLC, 1 World Trade Center LLC, 3 World Trade Center LLC, 7 World Trade Company, L.P., 4 World Trade Center LLC, Mary Bavis, Michael Keating, Gary Michael Low.

Dale Christian Christensen, Jr., Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, NY, for World Trade Farmers Market, Inc., Adem Arici, Omer Ipek, Mayore Estates, L.L.C., 80 Lafayette Associates, L.L.C., Serko & Simon, LLP, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's Comprising Syndicates No. 33, 1003, 2003, 1208, 1243, 0376, Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, Barcley Dwyer Co., Inc., Karoon Capital Management, Inc., N.S. Windows, LLC, Tower Computer Services, Inc., Wall Street Realty Capital, Inc., MVN Associates, Inc., Marsha Van Name, Floyd Van Name, Daniel D'Aquila, Koudis International, Inc., American Alternative Insurance Corporation, The Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London as Members of Syndicates Numbered 1212, 1241, 79, 506, and 2791, QBE International Insurance Ltd., Mayore Estates, LLC, Industrial Risk Insurers, Allianz Global Risks U.S. Insurance Company, Allianz Insurance Company of Canada, Allianz Suisse Versicherungs-Gesellschaft, Assurances Generales de France, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Woburn Insurance, Ltd., Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance Company of Greater New York, Munich-American Risk Partners, Underwriters at Lloyd's Subscribing to Syndicate No. 1225, American Re-Insurance Company, AXA Cessions, AXA Corporate Solutions Services UK, Ltd., AXA Corporation Solutions Assurance Canadian Branch, AXA Re, AXA Re Madeira Branch, AXA Re Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., AXA Reinsurance UK, PLC, AXA Verischerung AG, AXA Corporation Solutions Insurance Company, Compagnie Generale de Reassurance de Monte Carlo, SPS Reassurance, Aegis Insurance Services, Inc., Liberty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., National Union Insurance Company of Pittsburgh; Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft, Munich Reinsurance Company UK General Branch, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance UK Branch, AXA Corporate Solutions Reinsurance Company, World Trade Center Properties LLC, 1 World Trade Center LLC, 3 World Trade Center LLC, 7 World Trade Company, L.P., 4 World Trade Center LLC, Mary Bavis, Michael Keating, Gary Michael Low.

David Jaroslawicz, Jaroslawicz & Jaros, LLC, New York, NY, for Mayore Estates, L.L.C., 80 Lafayette Associates, L.L.C.

Robert Joseph Tolchin, Robert J. Tolchin, Esq., New York, NY, for 80 Lafayette Associates, L.L.C, Mayore Estates, LLC.

Jennifer E. Shafer, Walden Triplett Grier, Overland Park, KS, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's Comprising Syndicates No. 33, 1003, 2003, 1208, 1243, 0376, Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance Company of Greater New York, Munich-American Risk Partners, Underwriters at Lloyd's Subscribing to. Syndicate No. 1225.

Frank H. Granito, Jr., Speiser, Krause, Nolan and Granito, New York, NY, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's Comprising Syndicates No. 33, 1003, 2003, 1208, 1243, 0376, Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance Company of Greater New York, Munich-American Risk Partners, Underwriters at Lloyd's Subscribing to Syndicate No. 1225, Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft, Munich Reinsurance Company UK General Branch.

Kristopher E. Kuehn, Timothy W. Triplett, Warden, Triplett, Grier, Overland Park, KS, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's Comprising Syndicates No. 33, 1003, 2003, 1208, 1243, 0376, Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC.

Bruce M. Friedman, Rubin, Fiorella & Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, American Alternative Insurance Corporation, The Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Woburn Insurance, Ltd., American Re-Insurance Company.

Paul Fredric Kovner, Rubin, Fiorella & Friedman, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC, American Alternative Insurance Corporation, The Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London as Members of Syndicates Numbered 1212, 1241, 79, 506, and 2791, QBE International Insurance Ltd.

Robert J. Bates, Robert J. Bates, Esq., Westwood, NJ, for American Alternative Insurance Corporation, The Princeton Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Company, American Re-Insurance Company.

Charles Edward Joseph, Joseph and Herzfeld, Christopher Bruce Hitchcock, Hitchcock & Cummings LLC, New York, NY, for Barcley Dwyer Co., Inc., Karoon Capital Management, Inc., N.S. Windows, LLC, Tower Computer Services, Inc., Wall Street Realty Capital, Inc., Koudis International, Inc.

Thaniel James Beinert, The Law Office of Thaniel J. Beinert and Associates, Brooklyn, NY, for MVN Associates, Inc., Marsha Van Name, Floyd Van Name, Daniel D'Aquila.

Carol M. Rooney, Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig, LLP, Tampa, FL, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London as Members of Syndicates Numbered 1212, 1241, 79, 506, and 2791, QBE International Insurance Ltd.

Scott S. Katz, Tampa, FL, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London as Members of Syndicates Numbered 1212, 1241, 79, 506, and 2791, QBE International Insurance Ltd.

Stephen Mortimer Marcusa, Bigham Englar Jones & Houston, New York, NY, for Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London as Members of Syndicates Numbered 1212, 1241, 79, 506, and 2791, QBE International Insurance Ltd.

Kimberly M. Collins, Robert A. Clifford, Timothy S. Tomasik, Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Industrial Risk Insurers.

H. Jerome Gette, M. Anthony Parsons, II, Steven J. Badger, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason & Gette, Dallas, TX, James S. Reece, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason & Gette LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Allianz Global Risks U.S. Insurance Company, Allianz Insurance Company of Canada, Allianz Suisse Versicherungs-Gesellschaft, Assurances Generales de France, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.

John B. Massopust, Zelle, Hofmann, Voelbel, Mason & Gette LLP, Dallas, TX, for Assurances Generales de France.

James M. Warden, Warden Triplett Grier, Overland Park, KS, for Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance Company of Greater New York, Munich-American Risk Partners, Underwriters at Lloyd's Subscribing to Syndicate No. 1225, Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft, Munich Reinsurance Company UK General Branch.

Michael Joseph Kuckelman, Pleasantville, NY, for Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company, Insurance Company of Greater New York, Munich-American Risk Partners, Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft, Munich Reinsurance Company UK General Branch.

Jane J. Felton, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel LLP, Iselin, NJ, for Underwriters at Lloyd's Subscribing to Syndicate No. 1225, Aegis Insurance Services, Inc., Liberty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., National Union Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited.

Marina Ann Spinner, Nicoletti, Gonson & Bielat, L.L.P., New York, NY, for AXA Art Insurance Corporation, AXA Cessions, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance, AXA Corporate Solutions Services UK, Ltd., AXA Corporation Solutions Assurance Canadian Branch, AXA Re, AXA Re Madeira Branch, AXA Re Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., AXA Reinsurance UK, PLC, AXA Verischerung AG, AXA Corporation Solutions Insurance Company, Compagnie Generate de Reassurance de Monte Carlo, SPS Reassurance, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance UK Branch, AXA Corporate Solutions Reinsurance Company.

Frank M. Nicoletti, Nicoletti, Gonson & Spinner L.L.P., New York, NY, for AXA Art Insurance Corporation, AXA Cessions, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance, AXA Corporate Solutions Services UK, Ltd., AXA Corporation Solutions Assurance Canadian Branch, AXA Re, AXA Re Madeira Branch, AXA Re Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., AXA Reinsurance UK, PLC, AXA Verischerung AG, AXA Corporation Solutions Insurance Company, Compagnie Generale de Reassurance de Monte Carlo, SPS Reassurance, AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance UK Branch, AXA Corporate Solutions Reinsurance Company.

Franklin Michael Sachs, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ, Mark Leigh Antin, Gennet, Kallmann, Antin & Robinson, P.C., Parsippany, NJ, for Aegis Insurance Services, Inc.

Stanley Walter Kallmann, Gennet, Kallmann, Antin & Robinson, P.C., Parsippany, NJ, for Aegis Insurance Services, Inc., Liberty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., National Union Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, Certain Underwriter.

Alexander Fellows Powell, Andrew John Scholz, Gregg Herbert Kanter, Jason Todd Cohen, Thomas A. Egan, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer, LLP, New York, NY, for World Trade Center Properties LLC, 1 World Trade Center LLC, 3 World Trade Center LLC, 7 World Trade Company, L.P., 2 World Trade Center LLC, 4 World Trade Center LLC.

Vincent Ian Parrett, Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, for Mary Bavis, Michael Keating, Gary Michael Low.

Desmond Thomas Barry, Jr., New York, NY, for AMR Corporation, American Airlines, Inc.

Brian V. Otero, Michelle R. Parker, Hunton & Wiliams, New York, NY, for. Burns International Security Services Corp.

James Patrick Connors, Jones Hirsch Connors and Bull, P.C., New York, NY, Gary William Westerberg, Lord Bissell & Brook, Robert P. Conlon, Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP, Chicago, IL, for Globe Airport Security Services, Inc.

Johnathan Jeffrey Ross, H. Lee Godfrey, Laurie Gallun, Max Tribble, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX, Bruce Richard Wildermuth, Mendes & Mount, LLP, Alexis M. Dougherty, Edward James McMurrer, Ralph Vincent Pagano, Mendes & Mount, LLP, Newark, NJ, for Huntleigh Corporation, Huntleigh USA Corporation.

Jon Paul Robbins, McLaughlin and Stern, LLP, New York, NY, for ICTS International NV.

Peter James Gallagher, Derek Adam McNally, Kennedy Johnson Gallagher, LLC, New York, NY, for Leslie E. Robertson Associates.

Jacqueline Keller, Rubin, Fiorella & Friedman, L.L.P., Kevin J. O'Neill, Gogick, Byrne & O'Neill, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Minora Yamasaki Associates, Inc.

Christopher H. Lunding, Geary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, New York, NY, for Securitas AB.

John J. McDonough, Cozen, O'Connor, New York, NY, for Tishman Realty & Construction Company.

Dennis M. O'Hara, Jason A. Glusman, Robert C. Bauroth, Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Ford, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Timothy Joseph Keane, Quirk And Bakalor, Veronica Spicer, Brian Patrick Sexton, Jeffrey J. Ellis, Loretta Anne Redmond, Quirk and Bakalor, P.C., New Yprk, NY, for UAL Corporation.

Jeffrey W. Moryan, Connell, Foley, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Colgan Air Inc., Colgan Airways Corporation.

Willard Mark Wood, John L. Altieri, Jr., O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, for Massachusetts Port Authority.

Kathleen Marie Guilfoyle, Kurt Bernard Gerstner, Richard P. Campbell, Campbell, Campbell, Edwards & Conroy, P.C., Boston, MA, Eric Jonathan Seiler, Heather Jo Windt, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, NY, for U.S. Airways Inc., U.S. Airways Group, Inc., Silverstein Properties, Inc.

Adam Randall Sorkin, Shiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, IL, Beth D. Jacob, Donald Allen Klein, Schiff Hardin LLP, M. Bradford Stein, Richard Arthur Williamson, Timothy Gerard Stickelman, The Port Authority Of New York and New Jersey, New York, NY, Sarah D. Youngblood, Schiff Hardin LLP, San Francisco, CA, for The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, World Trade Center Properties LLC.

H. Christopher Boehning, Robert A. Atkins, Douglas M. Pravda, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Mack H. Shultz, Jr., Steven C. Minson, Thomas Jeffrey McLaughlin, Todd W. Rosencrans, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, for Boeing Company.

Katherine Lindsay Pringle, Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP, New York, NY, for 7 World Trade Company, L.P.

Melissa Tabako Billig, Robert Alan Banner, Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP, New York, NY, for Swanke Hayden Connell Arche.

Donald Allen Klein, Schiff Hardin LLP, Stephen Paul Schreckinger, Gogick, Byrne & O'Neil, LLP, New York, NY, for Swanke Hayden Connell Arche, Ambassador Construction Co., Inc., Cosentini Associates Inc., Cantor Seinuk Group, P.C., American Power Technologies, Inc., Amec, PLC, Johnson Controls World Services Inc.

David Moore Lindsey, James Milton Hosking, Clifford Chance US, LLP, New York, NY, for Kaback Enterprises.

David A. Harrison, L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP, Garden City, NY, for Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp.

Daniel John McNamara, Decicco, Gibbons & McNamara, P.C., New York, NY, for American Power Technologies, Inc.

Carol A. Sigmond, Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller, Lip, New York, NY, for G.C. Engineering & Associates, P.C.

Anita B. Weinstein, John J. McDonough, Cozen, O'Connor, Kenneth George Schwarz, Fischbein, Badillo, Wagner & Harding, New York, NY, for Tishman Construction Corporation.

Daniel W. Morrison, III, Michael P. Benenati, Bleakley Piatt & Schmidt, LLP, White Plains, NY, for All Fire Systems, Inc.

Michael T. Rogers, Vashali Maria Aggarwal, Wasserman Grubin & Rogers LLP, New York, NY, for Syska & Hennessy Group, Inc. also Known as Syska & Hennessy Engineers.

Chad Everette Sjoquist, Thomas V. Giordano, Zetlin & De Chiara, LLP, New York, NY, for Skidmore Owings and Merrill, L.L.P., Flack & Kurtz, Inc.

Mark Joseph Weber, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass, New York, NY, for Amec, PLC.

Stephen Paul Schreckinger, Gogick, Byrne & O'Neil, LLP, New York, NY, for Office of Irwin G. Cantor, P.C.


OPINION AND ORDER RESOLVING DISCOVERY AND EVIDENTIARY MOTIONS

ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, District Judge.

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