From Brooklyn- (Wall Street Journal0The family of a man killed by falling debris from a historic Brooklyn church filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that church officials failed to maintain and repair a building they knew had become increasingly dangerous.
On July 26, 2012, Richard Schwartz was killed after a lightning strike caused falling debris as he walked by Cobble Hill's Christ Church, according to New York City authorities. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn, alleges that church officials knew the structure had become unstable since a previous lightning strike in August 2000.
The lawsuit names the trustees of the estate belonging to the Diocese of Long Island, and Christ Church and Holy Family and accuses them of showing "deliberate disregard for the health, safety and welfare for those present on and about the church grounds."
A spokesman for the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island declined to comment.
The lawsuit followed a Wall Street Journal article on Tuesday examining a dispute between Christ Church and its insurance company, the Church Insurance Agency Corp., over the cost of repairs after the 2000 lightning strike. The insurance company provided about $120,000, but the church argued it needed more.
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