Two construction workers who fell gravely ill during a Harlem Legionnaires' disease outbreak are suing the general contractors overseeing projects at Harlem Hospital, alleging negligence. The outbreak has killed five people and infected at least 108. Nunzio Quinto, a union electrician employed by a subcontractor at the new New York City Public Health Laboratory at 40 West 137th St. adjacent to Harlem Hospital, is among the plaintiffs. Two separate lawsuits name Rising Sun Construction and Skanska USA Building as defendants. City health officials confirmed a cooling tower atop the NYC Economic Development Corporation building tested positive for live Legionella. Public health experts are comparing DNA from cooling towers and patients as the investigation continues.
Two construction workers who fell gravely ill during the Harlem Legionnaires' disease outbreak while on the job at Harlem Hospital are suing the contractors overseeing projects at the medical facility, accusing them of negligence in the epidemic that has killed five people and infected at least 108.
One of the workers, Nunzio Quinto, joined civil rights attorney Ben Crump, attorneys from the law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, and Rev. Al Sharpton at the National Action Network headquarters on Wednesday morning to announce that two separate lawsuits had been filed against Rising Sun Construction and Skanska USA Building, the general contractors in charge of separate projects at the hospital campus.
Quinto, a Nassau County resident and union electrician, was employed by a subcontractor to work on a construction project at the new New York City Public Health Laboratory at 40 West 137th St., adjacent to Harlem Hospital, according to the lawsuit. On Aug. 14, city health officials confirmed that a cooling tower atop the NYC Economic Development Corporation building, which houses the lab, was among the 12 towers to have tested positive for live Legionella bacteria the cause of Legionnaires' disease, a type of pneumonia.
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