Davidson died in Harlem movie set fire
FirefighterNation Staff
NEW YORK – The widow of FDNY firefighter Michael Davidson, killed on a Harlem movie set, can seek punitive damages against the production company and the building’s owner.
The New York Post reports that Eileen Davidson filed suit against the film company Class 5, Inc. and the building landlord following the death of her husband Michael Davidson, who in the March 22, 2018 blaze where Norton was shooting the movie “Motherless Brooklyn” in Harlem.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shlomo Hagler granted the request, noting the case is “not lacking in merit.”
“The record is replete with allegations of violation of statutes, failure of the sprinkler system to operate, the introduction of highly combustible materials at the subject premises, the erection of walls and partitions that may have concealed the spread of a fire, causing the tragic death of a firefighter, Michael Davidson,” the Post said Justice Hagler wrote in his decision.
Davidson also filed suit against the city. Displaced tenants also brought legal action against the film company and the landlord.
Lawyers for Class 5 and the landlord did not return requests for comment.
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