This story, in slightly different form, originally appearedin the New York Law Journal.
NEW YORK CITY-A federal judge has dismissed negligenceclaims by utility company Con Edison over the destruction of theoriginal 7 World Trade Center on 9/11. Southern District JudgeAlvin K. Hellerstein, in In re September 11 Litigation,said the chain of events that led to the destruction of 7 WorldTrade was “much too improbable to be consistent with any duty”toward Con Edison by builder and developer Larry Silverstein andCitigroup, the successor-in-interest to the building’s primarytenant, Salomon Brothers.
The building caught fire from flaming debris after planeshijacked by terrorists slammed into the twin towers. The 47-story 7World Trade collapsed at 5:21 p.m., destroying a Con Edisonsubstation.
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