UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

IN RE WORLD TRADE CENTER 21 MC 102 (AKH)

LOWER MANHATTAN DISASTER

SITE LITIGATION

JOSE NICOLA, 07-CV-5372 (AKH)

Plaintiff, NOTICE OF ADOPTION BY

MAYORE ESTATES LLC, 80

-against- LAFAYETTE ASSOCIATES

LLC, MAYORE ESTATES

80 LAFAYETTE ASSOCIATES LLC, ET AL., LLC, and 80 LAFAYETTE

ASSOCIATION LLC, AS

Defendants. TENANTS IN COMMON OF

ANSWER TO MASTER

____________________________________COMPLAINT

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that defendants MAYORE ESTATES LLC, 80

LAFAYETTE ASSOCIATES LLC, MAYORE ESTATES LLC, and 80 LAFAYETTE

ASSOCIATION LLC, AS TENANTS IN COMMON for the building located at 22 Cortlandt

Street (Subcellar Floors 1, 2, 3, and Floors 1, 2, 3) New York, New York 10007, (hereinafter

Mayore Estates/80 Lafayette), as and for their response to the allegations set forth in the

Complaint by Adoption (Check-Off Complaint) related to the Master Complaint filed in the

above-referenced action, herein adopt Mayore Estates/80 Lafayettes Answers to Master

Complaint, dated August 1, 2007, which was filed in the matter of In re World Trade Center

Lower Manhattan Disaster Site Litigation, 21 MC 102 (AKH).

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WHEREFORE, Mayore Estates/80 Lafayette demands judgment dismissing the abovecaptioned action as against them, together with their costs and disbursements.

Dated: New York, New York

September 11, 2007

HARRIS BEACH PLLC

Attorneys for Defendants

MAYORE ESTATES LLC, and

80 LAFAYETTE ASSOCIATES LLC

Is

Stanley Goos, Esq. (SG 7062)

100 Wall Street, 23rd Floor

New York, New York 10005

(212) 687-0100

TO:

Paul Napoli, Esq.

Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern LLP

115 Broadway, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10006

Robert A. Grochow, Esq.

Robert A. Grochow, P.C.

233 Broadway, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10279

Gregory J. Cannata, Esq.

Law Offices of Gregory J. Cannata

233 Broadway, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10279

Liaison Counselfor PlainI~ffs

James E. Tyrrell, Esq.

Joseph Hopkins, Esq.

Patton Boggs LLP

One Riverfront Plaza, 6th Floor

Newark, New Jersey 07102

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Thomas Egan, Esq.

Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

Liaison Counselfor the Defendants

All Other Defense Counsel

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CERTIFICATION AS TO SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that on September 11, 2007, I caused the following

document to be electronically via the Courts ECF system:

1. Notice of Mayore Estates/80 Lafayettes Adoption of Answer to Master

Complaint.

The undersigned further certifies that on September 11, 2007, I caused the aforesaid

documents to be served via First Class Mail upon the following:

Paul Napoli, Esq.

Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern LLP

115 Broadway, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10006

Robert A. Grochow, Esq.

Robert A. Grochow, P.C.

233 Broadway, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10279

Gregory J. Cannata, Esq.

Law Offices of Gregory J. Cannata

233 Broadway, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10279

Liaison Counselfor Plaintiffs

Dated: September 11, 2007

James E. Tyrrell, Esq.

Joseph Hopkins, Esq.

Patton Boggs LLP

One Riverfront Plaza, 6th Floor

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Thomas Egan, Esq.

Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

Liaison Counselfor the Defendants

Stanley Goos, Esq. (SG 7062)

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