Well, that didn’t take long.
Barely two weeks after the March 26, 2015 East Village explosion that leveled several buildings on Second Avenue, the first (to my knowledge) lawsuit arising out of the incident has been filed. The lawsuit, captioned Bauermeister et al v. Con Edison et al (Bx. Supreme Ct. # 21868/2015E), was filed initially in Bronx Supreme Court on 4/3/15 and amended on 4/6/15.
According to the amended complaint, plaintiffs Lucinda Bauermeister and Anna Ramotowska each seek “Twenty Millions Dollars” [sic]. Curiously, the plaintiffs are reported to have suffered mere “scratches”. Two people died in the explosion.
Update: The attorneys who filed the lawsuit have since withdrawn.