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A settlement has been reached with some families of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Families of victims who chose years ago to not be paid compensation set up by the Congress brought lawsuits instead.
The first of these lawsuits was scheduled to be heard in federal court next week. The settlement was reached last week and includes 14 personal injury and wrongful death claims brought by families of the victims. While some of the details of the settlement were not immediately available, segments of tapes obtained from the flight voice recorders that would be played during the trials were a key element that led to the settlement. The familes who settled told reporters the tapes would force them to relive the painful episode of the attacks again so they settled.
There are 12 remaining personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits related to 9/11. The first of these is scheduled to be heard in court early in November.