The chain of events that led to the destruction of 7 World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, was “much too improbable to be consistent with any duty” toward Con Edison by builder and developer Larry Silverstein and Citigroup, a federal judge ruled, dismissing the utility’s negligence claims.

The chain of events that led to the destruction of 7 World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, was “much too improbable to be consistent with any duty” toward Con Edison by builder and developer Larry Silverstein and Citigroup, a federal judge ruled, dismissing the utility’s negligence claims.

Litigator and volunteer firefighter Glenn Winuk helped evacuate Holland & Knight’s lower Manhattan office 10 years ago, and then grabbed a medical bag and headed to the World Trade Center.

Unable to muster enough judges for a decision, the New York Court of Appeals has ordered a rare re-argument in the case over the extent of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s negligence for the 1993 terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center.

The 2nd Circuit has ruled that the Port Authority can potentially be found negligent for allowing tenants to install diesel tanks at 7 World Trade Center, which allegedly accelerated and ultimately caused the destruction of the building after it was hit by fire and debris from the Twin Towers.