VCF Update: James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Reauthorization

Robert A. Grochow

December 15, 2015

In December 2015, the United States Congress Reauthorized the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, providing an additional $4.5 billion to compensate victims of the September 11 tragedy, and keeping the Fund open to accept new claims until for a period of five years after the new regulations come into effect. The text of the Reauthorization can be found here.

Robert A. Grochow

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Robert Grochow has over 30 years of experience as a personal injury lawyer in New York, serving as co-counsel in over a thousand cases. He has also received recognition as one of New York’s “Most Honest Lawyers” from the National Law Journal/Washington Post.

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