Deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak was ‘completely preventable,’ lawyer contends — putting NYC on lawsuit notice

Fuente: New York Post

Victims of the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak gripping Harlem will sue the Big Apple for allegedly letting bacteria fester in city-owned cooling towers, it was announced Wednesday. The city was hit by notices of claim — or formal declarations of an intent to sue — from two construction workers for claim they contracted Legionnaires’ because both the city and their employers allegedly failed to keep them safe. “This wasn’t a natural disaster,” high-profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump said at a press conference announcing the legal action with the Rev.