(2019) Tags: Warner Bros
ERICA CRUZ et al v. VINCENT SOLLAZZO et al
On or about March 22, 2018, plaintiff Erica Cruz was in her apartment. At that time, a movie was being filmed in her building; the movie was to be known as “Motherless Brooklyn.” Upon information and belief, the defendant Class 5, Inc. (Edward Norton’s production company) maintained certain equipment, including highly flammable equipment in the basement of the aforementioned premises. Due to the defendants’ recklessness, carelessness and negligence, in the late evening of March 22, 2018, a fire broke out in the basement.
When representatives of Class 5, Inc. became aware of the fire, they did not warn the tenants in the building; in fact, they misled the tenants into believing there had been a fire that had been extinguished. As a result of the fire, the plaintiffs’ apartment was completely destroyed.