One person killed, others injured in parking garage collapse in lower Manhattan on Ann Street

Upper levels of a three-story parking garage collapsed, causing multiple injuries in Lower Manhattan, New York.

At approximately 4:15 this afternoon, a parking garage located next to a Pace University building collapsed. Reports are that at least three people were in the building when it collapsed, their medical status unknown, but first responders are having difficulty reaching the victims due to the unstable building and hazardous conditions from gasoline and potentially explosive car parts.

SMB has successfully litigated numerous structural collapse and construction accident cases that have caused catastrophic injuries and understands the management mistakes and shortcuts that can lead to these tragic accidents. SMB’s structural collapse litigation expertise includes the Philadelphia Market Street Collapse, and the Atlantic City Tropicana parking garage collapse, and SMB is actively involved in the June 24, 2021 Surfside condominium collapse in Miami, Florida. Further, SMB is one of the preeminent construction accident law firms in the nation, with President Robert J. Mongeluzzi known as “the King of Construction Accidents.”