Legionnaires disease lawsuit filed

Attorney Christina sonsire of the ziff law firm in Elmira ny filed a lawsuit against the Elmira housing authority,waterboard,and city of Elmira over the deadly outbreak of legionnaires disease last summer at flannery towers.The lawsuit was filed in behalf of flannery residents Gail e McKinley,Ann schwab,Mary jane wittman and the estate of Anna marie tongate.In all 13 residents had confirmed cases of legionnaires disease in addition to tongate who died august 14th and Mary kay barnett died september 10th.Housing authority attorney James young said the negligence claim is invalid because the housing authority did everything in it's power to contain the outbreak once it knew what it was dealing with.The lawfurm flew in expert Mathew freije from San diego to inspect the water system.They were turned away by the housing authority because they were video taping which wasn't part of the agreement.A court appearance is scheduled for feb 20th