The city firefighter injured in the Feb. 19 fire when a portion of a brick wall fell on him has taken the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city and a series of other agencies.
On May 17, an Albany law firm representing city firefighter T.G. Kolb and his wife, Andrea, filed a notice of a claim for personal injuries, medical expenses, loss of earnings and services, and other damages.
Claiming negligence, he named the city of Watertown, the city’s code enforcement, engineering and fire departments, the board of the Hudson River Black River Regulating District, the town of Watertown and its fire department, Jefferson County, the county’s fire coordinator and its Office of Fire and Emergency Management as defendants.