Sep 26, 2011
Utility Loses Bid to Hold Developer Liable in Destruction of 7 World Trade Center
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.