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Breezy Point residents to sue LIPA over Sandy fire

Originally published: January 29, 2013 9:53 AM
Updated: January 30, 2013 9:51 AM
By MARK HARRINGTON mark.harrington@newsday.com

Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | A Virgin Mary statue overlooks charred remains of homes, some still smoldering, in Breezy Point, Queens, after a fire broke out during Sandy. (Oct. 30, 2012)

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A Manhattan lawyer for more than a dozen residents of Breezy Point said he has filed notices with LIPA in preparation for lawsuits accusing the utility of negligence in failing to de-energize the Rockaway neighborhood in advance of superstorm Sandy's tidal surge, causing the fire that wiped out scores of homes.

Andrew J. Carboy, a lawyer with Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, said Tuesday...

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