Jeffrey Melofchik

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday acquitted the final two defendants of almost all charges stemming from a 2007 fire at the former Deutsche Bank building at Ground Zero which killed two firefighters.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan jury on Wednesday cleared a second construction manager of charges that he should have known a crucial water pipe was damaged in the former Deutsche Bank building at Ground Zero which caught fire in August 2007, killing two firefighters.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan jury on Tuesday cleared foreman Salvatore DePaola of charges that he should have known a crucial waterpipe was damaged in the former Deutsche Bank building at Ground Zero which caught fire in August 2007, killing two firefighters.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two firefighters would be alive today if not for the reckless actions of a trio of construction supervisors at the former Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan, prosecutors told a jury on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three construction managers removing asbestos from the former Deutsche Bank building at ground zero in Manhattan could not have anticipated unusual circumstances that led to the deaths of two firefighters during a 2007 blaze, defense lawyers said on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two New York City firefighters died in a "horrible perfect storm" that engulfed the Deutsche Bank building in flames in 2007, said a defense lawyer for one of the three construction supervisors on trial for manslaughter.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Monday in the manslaughter trial of three construction supervisors accused in the deaths of two firefighters in a blaze at the former Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan.

Judge sustains manslaughter charges against 3 men in deadly fire at toxic ground zero tower. There were a raft of hazards and regulatory failures at a contaminated ground zero tower where two firefighters died, but that's not a reason to toss out manslaughter charges against three construction company figures who worked there, a judge ruled Friday.

Attorney: Prosecutors scapegoating 3 men charged in deadly blaze at toxic ground zero tower. Three construction company figures have been unfairly blamed for a blaze that killed two firefighters in a condemned ground zero skyscraper where city officials have acknowledged oversight failures, defense lawyers said Monday.