Contractors sued over Legionnaires’ disease outbreak by NYC worker who fell ill: ‘How did you not know?’

Author: New York Post
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A worker sickened with Legionnaires’ disease by what he believes was a faulty city-owned water cooling tower in Harlem is suing the contractor responsible for maintaining the equipment, The Post has learned.

Patrice Smith is going to court against Nalco, which is contracted by the city to operate Harlem Hospital’s cooling tower, which the Health Department on Friday identified as a source of a deadly outbreak that has killed seven.

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