Everyone involved with this incident should sue the City, & Con Ed . This is a direct result of the company not maintaining their infrastructure .

Sorry, guest.

Hate SUVs & smoked windows, White as can be, no record, Don't got a .40 & a 40, and never call anybody "N" or biyat???, can't stand Barron, don't drink or nail Remy, this/that about the man.

Balding bearded older Zappa & Dead fan, prefer a sawed 12, a Bud & a doobie (No, I don't call them "blunts", after thirty years I know how to roll).

But if you think I can get a contract, I'll take a contract. But my entourage will have to use mass transit, be home by 2AM, be respectful of others, and I hate gold (as jewelery & Dental work.)

I also wear my pants at full mast with a belt, my cap faces forward and don't move my hands like someone with too much Thorazine.

Dadoc

#23 - the comments of #22 are really the lyrics to a rap song.

And, you can bet that the ConEd counsel is going to try to prove that Ms Baumerich's demise was not a direct result of ConEd's negligence but was due to a pre-existing condition. She had a heart attack. was she on meds? medical condition? High Cholesterol? on Lipitor, Caduet (Pfizer drugs).

They'll try to say that they can't be sued 'cuz Mr. McCullough was working & driving @ the time.

He's covered under Workmen's Comp & No-Fault.

Reminds me of a case i was involved in years ago in Phila.

Little old lady raped, stabbed, bound & gagged & left in the basement. Cause of death? Heart Attack.

You hadda watch the defense try to say it wasn't due to the actions of the skanky next door kid who "didn't" kill her , cuz he didn't give her a heart attack.

I can see it coming already.

Snark

Dadoc

Sorry schmod, guess ya didn't get my snarkiness.

OF COURSE sue their asses off.

But Ms. Dork with her week-later PTSD is the last one in line.

BBerg & the ConEd guys should be checking on Mr McCulough & the family of Ms Baumerich, not to mention the others directly injured, making sure to provide them the help they need @ this time.

BBerg should be at the businesses finding out how he can help them.

But prior to filing suit, those directly affected should be helped out while things sort out, voluntarily and prior to suit, while they get themselves together and get thru the acute trauma and damage.

Ms. Dork's frayed nerves can wait.

And yes, I do like the occasional drug.

Dadoc

Is #22 on drugs?

Con-Ed deserves to be sued for this -- by somebody who has a legitimate case (and I'm sure there are many).

Ms. Dork should take a Xanax & a Cucumber Cosmo (feel free to ask me where they kick ass).

She's likely going to try to prove RE-activation of her 9/11 PTSD. Hey everybody's got their 911 stories, and no, I won't recount mine here. I still get a chill when I hear hovering copters (Hey Newschannels, you don't need to do it every morning @ 6AM for a sunrise shot, use stock footage), multple sirens or a "different" airliner sound (heard #1, saw#2).

If she's so PTSD'd out how are you functional enough to file suit in a week.

Hell, The Exorcist, Jaws and It still give me the willies.

Hey, the tow-truck guy, the Pfizer exec, those right there and the business owners, you betcha, get taken care of & think punitive later.

Dork of the law firm, see my opening line, get laid & repeat.

Dadoc

Francine Dorf may not have received any money from the 9/11 Fund, especially if her sister was married. The 9/11 compensation would have been given to her married sister's husband. If her sister was not married, I believe the $$ would have then gone to her closest relative which in many cases was the parent(s). (The whole 9/11 Fund was largely a scam anyway.)

I sure hope that young tow-truck driver, Michael McCullough, recovers from his horrific burns. It's amazing that he even survived that blast of super-heated steam. So sad--and very preventable.

I have said it before and will say it again, it's time to bring criminal charges against Con Ed in a Federal Court. They're getting away with literally, murder and not just on this steam pipe incident.

Did that women get enough money from the 911 fund? People like this need to be ejected to international waters. Post traumatic disorder my ass...

I agree with #11.

Post-traumatic STREET disorder could also cover metal plates over the street with live electrical current, manholes exploding, scaffolding collapsing, etc. Yes, it is to the point and very appropriate.

Basically, this bozo shoudl have moved out of NYC after 9/11 if she was such a nervous wreck. Take her out back and shoot her.

Jen S, there is another option. we could have the government control and maintain it- a public benefit corporation. i'm sure they'd do a great job maintaining the system, physically and economically....

I wouldn't call her a "lady".

Surprise! Francine Dorf works at a law firm on 42nd St.

I'm sure there are plenty of business owners with legitimate claims to lost business (even moreso if ConnEd knew this was an issue and ignored it)... so someone should sue, just not this lady. Most definitely not this lady.

If anyone deserves to sue, it's that guy who was cooked alive like a lobster, and his passenger.

That's it.

Anyone else is a shyster who deserves prison.

typo or no, i think "post traumatic street disorder" has a certain ring to it.

Right on, #9.

Talk about a frivolous, opportunistic lawsuit. Not only is this an insult to the memory of her sister, it's an insult to the people who were physically hurt and have legitimate damages from this event. The lawyer who is taking on this ambulance chasing lawsuit should be disbarred and the woman should have to pay hefty fine.

I should sue this woman for sparking my PTSD related to stupid people and their stupid lawsuits.