{"id":298760,"date":"2026-07-17T16:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298760\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:32:08","slug":"news-12-westchester-family-of-briarcliff-manor-woman-killed-in-manhattan-manhole-fall-sues-con-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298760\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Westchester | Family Of Briarcliff Manor Woman Killed In Manhattan Manhole Fall Sues Con Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The family of a Briarcliff Manor woman who died after falling into a manhole in Manhattan has filed a lawsuit against Con Ed.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Donike Gocaj <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/westchester.news12.com\/2026\/05\/19\/sources-briarcliff-manor-woman-dies-after-falling-into-uncovered-manhole-in-manhattan\/20hnZWaM4OvkbkyL5Zgsog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fell into the manhole<\/a> after stepping out of her parked car in May. She was later <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/westchester.news12.com\/funeral-plans-set-for-briarcliff-manor-woman-who-died-after-falling-into-open-manhole\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pronounced dead<\/a> as a result of scalding burns with thermal injuries to the lungs and blunt force trauma to her torso.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The lawsuit alleges that Con Ed and its employees failed to safely maintain the manhole covering, provide a means to exit the manhole, block the surrounding area and warn pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">It also claims the company knew its manhole covers could become dislodged by traffic and\/or heavy vehicles.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The suit describes her death as the result of Con Ed\u2019s \u201ccareless, grossly negligent, reckless, wanton, and willful conduct and conscious disregard for the rights, lives, and safety of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">MORE: <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/westchester.news12.com\/loved-ones-mourn-woman-who-died-in-manhattan-manhole-fall\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Loved ones mourn woman who died in Manhattan manhole fall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of a Briarcliff Manor woman who died after falling into a manhole in Manhattan has filed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-298760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}