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WTC Binder Execution Fell Short, Experts Say
World Trade Center when the terrorists struck. A 99-year lease had been signed by the leaseholders--Silverstein Properties and Westfield Properties--with the Port Authority of New ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 17, 2004

As WTC Dispute Heads for Phase II, Silverstein Says Setback Will Affect Rebuilding
Willis Group Holdings Inc. (NYSE:WSH), known as WilProp 2000. A previous federal court ruling had already determined that WilProp defines the destruction of the World Trade Center ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 6, 2004

Swiss Re Wins Twin Towers Verdict
Willis Group Holdings Inc., rather than a rival form issued by Travelers Insurance Co. A prior ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York had previously ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 4, 2004

Silverstein Loses in Rulings on 8 of 12 Insurers; Jury Still Out on Swiss Re
Barry Ostrager to declare a mistrial. Ostrager argued that it appears the jury cannot reach a decision regarding Swiss Re. In his charge to the jury to continue deliberations on ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 30, 2004

Discouraged Juror Presents Dilemma for WTC Judge
After 10 weeks of testimony in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, the jury is into its second week of deliberations in a case pitting the ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 28, 2004

WTC Jury Peppers Judge With Questions During First Week of Deliberations
Southern District of New York in Manhattan (BestWire, April 16, 2004). Silverstein Properties, the leaseholder for the World Trade Center's office space, and co-defendant Westfield ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 23, 2004

Closing Arguments Cap 10 Weeks of World Trade Center Trial
April 19, after which deliberations will begin. Silverstein Properties, the leaseholder for the World Trade Center's office space, and co-defendant Westfield Properties, which ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 16, 2004

Willis Broker, Travelers Underwriter Weaken WTC Leaseholders' Case
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:WSH), known as WilProp 2000. Silverstein contends that most, if not all, of the insurers switched to another form, developed by Travelers ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 1, 2004

Silverstein Testimony Highlights Rush to Bind WTC Coverage
Port Authority and of GMAC, the lender," said Silverstein in his testimony. Echoing earlier testimony from Bob Strachan, Silverstein Properties' risk manager, who was responsible ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 25, 2004

Silverstein Escapes Contempt Charge in Twin Towers Trial
Travelers Property Casualty Insurance Co. (NYSE:TAPa). The Willis form provides a definition of "occurrence" that prior court rulings already established would define the twin ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 23, 2004

Judge to Decide March 22 on Silverstein Contempt Charge
Michael Mukasey, sitting in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, set aside the afternoon of March 18 for a hearing into whether Silverstein had ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 19, 2004

Silverstein Faces Contempt Hearing as WTC Trial Heats Up
New York City media reports. That prompted an attorney representing the insurers to ask Judge Michael Mukasey to consider contempt of court proceedings, since the judge, at the ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 18, 2004

Both Sides Score Points as Twin Towers Trial Winds Up Fifth Week
Judge Michael Mukasey of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York agreed to allow post-attack notes taken on Sept. 12, 2001, by Beth Ann Hermann, an executive with ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 11, 2004

Twin Towers Trial: Swiss Re Underwriter Testifies Coverage Bound by WilProp
Willis Group Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:WSH) to a rival form used by Travelers Property Casualty Insurance Co. (NYSE:TAPa). Which form bound the insurers before the Sept. 11 catastrophe ...
Source: BestWire Date: March 4, 2004

Trade Center Trial Focuses on Binding of European Insurers
Great Lakes UK, QBE Insurance Ltd. and Copenhagen Reinsurance Co. Ltd., according to testimony. Paul Blackmore, a broker with Willis' London office, testified that as far as he ...
Source: BestWire Date: February 27, 2004