NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Drama class became full contact, a new lawsuit in New York City alleges.
Rebecca Collins sued Stuyvesant High School, as well as the city and its Department of Education, on Feb. 24 in New York County Supreme Court. Collins was a part of a theatrical performance in the school’s auditorium in March 2018 that resulted in her injury, the suit says.
She was on one of the bridges/platforms that were constructed for the show when it collapsed, causing her to fall to the ground, the suit says.
“(T)he resulting injuries to (Collins) were caused solely by reason of the improper and negligent design, construction, inspection, repair, supervision and/or use of said bridge/platform,” the lawsuit says.
Collins is represented by Ivan Rodriguez of Rosenberg & Rodriguez in Freeport. He says the school owed a duty to protect the safety and well-being of all students in its custody, even after school hours.