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07-24-2007, 08:41 AM
A Brooklyn woman has filed the first lawsuit against Consolidated Edison following last week's steam pipe explosion in Manhattan.
Francine Dorf, who says she was a victim of the explosion, is seeking punitive damages, her lawyer, Kenneth Mollins of Melville, said Monday.
Dorf's sister was killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Mollins said, and when a steam pipe burst at Lexington Avenue and 41st Street last Wednesday, Dorf feared she would meet the same fate.
Dorf is now suffering symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mollins said.
"We're seeking to hold Con Ed accountable," he said.
Chris Olert, a spokesman for Con Edison, said he had not seen the lawsuit and would not comment.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/am-suit0724,0,1546427.story?coll=ny-top-headlines
Francine Dorf, who says she was a victim of the explosion, is seeking punitive damages, her lawyer, Kenneth Mollins of Melville, said Monday.
Dorf's sister was killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Mollins said, and when a steam pipe burst at Lexington Avenue and 41st Street last Wednesday, Dorf feared she would meet the same fate.
Dorf is now suffering symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mollins said.
"We're seeking to hold Con Ed accountable," he said.
Chris Olert, a spokesman for Con Edison, said he had not seen the lawsuit and would not comment.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/am-suit0724,0,1546427.story?coll=ny-top-headlines