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An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York was "completely preventable," civil rights attorney Ben Crump says.
Lawsuit filed after a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem, alleging negligence by construction firms and NYC.
Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while on the job in Harlem are suing over what attorney and civil rights activist Ben Crump called a “preventable outbreak” that ...
A fifth person has succumbed to a deadly vapor that has crept up on New York City. Legionnaires’ disease, a kind of pneumonia that spreads from toxic water vapor, has also infected 108 people since ...
Two construction workers who claim they contracted Legionnaires' disease while working at or near Harlem Hospital Center are suing contractors they allege failed to safeguard water cooling towers at ...
According to the lawsuit, the companies failed to properly clean storm water from cooling towers at Harlem Hospital.
Both lawsuits claim construction companies failed to protect workers from unsafe conditions that led to the spread of the ...
Two separate lawsuits have been filed over the deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem. CBS News New York's Natalie ...
Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease on job sites in Harlem are suing, attorney Ben Crump announced.  Two separate lawsuits filed Wednesday ...
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration must launch its own probe into New York City’s handling of the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem, her predecessor Andrew Cuomo ...
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak has shaken New York City, killing five and infecting more than 100 residents across Central ...
Dozens of people sickened in a Legionnaires’ outbreak in New York City are planning lawsuits. A handful of law firms have been retained to represent some of the people who became ill or died in the ...