Mother of Chicago Fire Victim Sues High-Rise Managers
The mother of a woman killed in a Chicago high-rise apartment fire has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the companies that manages the building.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports JoAnn McCoy claims her 32-year-old daughter, Shantel, would be alive had a sprinkler system been in place to put out the fire.
The mother also contends 3130 N. Lake Shore LLC and Planned Property Management Inc. failed to warn the victim of the fire and allowed her to use the elevators when the companies “should have known if was not safe to do so.”
The Cook County medical examiner ruled that Shantel McCoy’s death was accidental and caused by carbon monoxide intoxication and inhalation of smoke and soot.
Messages left for building management were not immediately returned late Tuesday.
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