First 9/11 damages trials to begin in Sept-judge« Thread Started on Jul 14, 2007, 7:29pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------First 9/11 damages trials to begin in Sept-judgeThu Jul 12, 2007 7:24PM EDTread at source> http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNew ... 0070712NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) - Sept. 11 victims who sued airlines and their security contractors will have their cases heard for the first time almost six years after the hijacked plane attacks on the United States, a federal judge has ruled.U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who has presided over all the lawsuits filed in Manhattan federal court by relatives of the victims, ordered six of the remaining 41 cases that have not settled to begin Sept. 4.