Construction Accident in New York City Remembered on Crane Collapse Anniversary

This past Sunday marked the two year anniversary of the crane collapse that happened in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.  The crane accident killed two construction workers - Ramadan Kurtaj, 27, and Donald Leo, 30.  The two construction workers died when the top part of a 200-foot crane crashed into an apartment building on 91st Street and First Avenue.

The construction accident victim's families have filed lawsuits against the City of New York for the crane accident and have also filed lawsuits against 31 other different entities who they feel are responsible for the death of their family members.  Some of the other people they have lawsuits against include the Department of Buildings and several construction companies. They are suing the city for allowing the construction company to put up what is considered to be a defective piece of equipment which they believe resulted in the crane accident. 

The families of the construction accident victims hired a New York wrongful death attorney and decided to go to court a few months after the accident occured to fight to make a set of records public that the crane company insisted on keeping confidential - these records were the maintenance and repair history reports.

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