Two Manhattanites who stored their pricey rides at a doomed Financial District parking garage have filed a $100 million class action lawsuit over the loss of their cars.
Zapolnick said he's long complained of dust and falling cement at the garage, where he parked his new car before the collapse.have filed a $100 million class-action lawsuit over the loss of their cars.
Robert Galpern, the landlord of a nearby Fulton Street building, had parked his customized, $60,000 Toyota Highlander at the garage before it was destroyed, said his lawyer, Migir Ilganayev.Officials believe too many cars on the parking garage’s roof may have contributed to the collapse.While Galpern expects to put in an insurance claim on the vehicle, “they’re not going to pay him what he paid for the car.
Another Financial District resident, building superintendent Boguslaw Zapolnick, lost his $40,000 2023 Mazda, said the attorney, adding Zapolnick had complained for years of dust and falling cement at the garage. Too many cars on the roof, along with heavier electric vehicles, may have been a factor in the collapse of the structure — which hadCourtesy of Boguslaw Zapolnik
The pair accuse garage owners 57 Ann Street Realty Associates, Alan and Jeffrey Henick, Little Man Parking LLC and Enterprise Ann Parking LLC of negligence and “reckless and wanton disregard for human life and property,” according to court papers.
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