Updates on September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and Letters to Our Clients

The VCF now requires claimants to submit a worksheet when claiming a defined benefit pension loss due to a disability and the related loss of earnings. There are two different required worksheets, depending on which pension plan the claimant belonged… Read More

The VCF has posted updated statistics on their websites. The statistics represent activity through the end of the day on June 30, 2017. Click here for more. The Special Master has also issued a statement with the release of the updated statistics. In… Read More

The VCF has published detailed guidance for claims filed on behalf of deceased victims from 9/11. There are two types of claims for deceased 9/11 victims: Wrongful death claims, where the decedent died due to 9/11 illnesses. Personal injury claims, w… Read More

The Victim Compensation Fund has posted updated policies and procedures for the Claims process. Of note, the Fund has updated policies on VCF1 awards and the collateral offsets of such, 9/11 related lawsuits and the implications of timeliness of regi… Read More

On April 28, 2017, the VCF has published statistics on their review of claims and award determinations through March 31, 2017. As of this date, the VCF has made 12,435 award determinations for a total value of $2,486,862,133.54. The VCF has received… Read More

New FAQ’s have been posted on the VCF site. The new and updated information includes: Updated information on VCF timelines: “Our focus continues to be on the oldest compensation claims and we expect to render award decisions on all compen… Read More

The Fund has just posted a Message from the Special Master (available here), along with the Fifth Annual Statistics Report (available here). A year after the Reauthorization of the Zadroga Act was published, the Fund has paid full compensation to mor… Read More

On March 2, 2017, our office participated in a call with the Special Master of the VCF, Rupa Bhattacharyya. Among several things brought up on the call, Rupa discussed disability determinations where the condition considered disabling does not match… Read More