# Sept 11: Years of Litigation 

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Until now, no aircraft disaster in history had spawned the amount of legal wrangling as the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988, in which 259 passenger and crew members and 11 people on the ground were killed. There is no doubt in insurance industry experts' minds that lawsuits stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., will dwarf all Lockerbie litigation, which spanned more than a decade.

"Who wants the country to have this open wound for the next 20 years?" 

"Just as it will take years as a nation to heal from this tragedy, it will take years to resolve all the financial issues," says Don Griffin, a spokesperson

Sources:
- Insure.com (http://www.insure.com/business/terrorist3901.html)