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Adding to the disappointment, the payments have been slashed by tens of thousands of dollars in unexplained legal expenses deducted from the awards, in addition to a 25 percent attorneys' fee. The expenses are listed in lump sums, with no itemized list.
In one case, a former NYPD detective with asthma and other ailments signed on to the settlement in September 2010 after the main law firms in the litigation, Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern, estimated his city payout at $532,826 to $650,267.
His city award came to $115,480 -- but after fees, he received $79,292. The huge reduction stemmed from a rejected claim filed on his behalf, while more than $9,750 in legal costs, in addition to the 25 percent fee, ate into his entitlement
Ground Zero Responders' 9/11 Settlement Payouts Slashed | Fox News
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It's disgusting that these people have gone through what they have gone through, yet they come up short. It seems thst it's easy to give them great speeches on their heroism, But to offer them substance behind the act, is something they have a hard time doing.
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