The Associated Press reports that Anderson Cooper is being sued by his interior designer for a fall that she suffered while she was at his Greenwich Village firehouse. Mr. Cooper, the anchor of Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN, bought the former firehouse located at 84 West Third Street in New York City in 2006. He has not yet filed renovation plans with New York City, however, he had hired the 29-year-old woman to help with the designs. Mr. Cooper was planning on transforming the firehouse into a home.
The New York Post reports that the designer stepped into an uncovered hole where the fire pole used to be, and she fell 17 feet. As a result of the fall on September 22, the victim is claiming that she now suffers from severe and permanent injuries. Those injuries, however, were not described by her New York injury lawyer.
Neil Greenberg, the woman's New York injury lawyer filed the lawsuit at the state Supreme Court in November of last year. He told the press that his client was lucky to be alive after such a long fall that could have been fatal. He also said, "the hole should have been securely covered...The poles were removed. Somebody opened up the coverings before she got there."
Mr. Cooper has not commented about the impending lawsuit. The victim's New York injury lawyer believes that Mr. Cooper's lawyers are still discussing the lawsuit.
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