NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Two of the victims of the Bronx Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that killed two and hospitalized 28 in May are suing the owner of the building the deadly bacteria infected for negligence.
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Anita Long and Khalid Fritz were hospitalized for weeks after contracting the respiratory illness, and Fritz will need home health care moving forward, according to legal documents obtained by the New York Post.
Legionnaires’ is caused by inhaling the vapor coming off water contaminated with Legionella bacteria.
The owner of the Jerome Avenue Residences in Highbridge failed to ventilate and treat a water cooling tower and neglected to do regular tests which led to the outbreak, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in a Bronx Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The building is owned by the Doe Fund, a non-profit that provides transitional housing for homeless and formerly incarcerated people.
The two plaintiffs claim the Doe Fund was negligent in its alleged failure to properly treat the water cooling tower and are suing for unspecified damages.
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