Trump Organization sues dead man's estate for $90,000

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Source: NBC News

Trump Organization sues dead man's estate for $90,000

Todd Brassner died in his 50th floor Trump Tower apartment on April 7. The fire was caused by overloaded power strips inside his apartment.
by David K. Li / Oct. 18, 2018 / 10:57 AM EDT

The Trump Organization filed suit against the estate of a New York man who died in a fire inside his Trump Tower apartment earlier this year.

The late Todd Brassner, 67, owed $90,000 in unpaid maintenance fees to President Trump’s flagship building, according to a Manhattan Supreme Court civil action filed on Tuesday by Trump Organization lawyer Sonja Talesnik.

Brassner died on April 7 when flames broke out inside his 50th floor unit at 721 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan.

Trump, his wife and 12-year-old son, Barron, were in Washington D.C. when the fire broke out. Fire investigators determined the deadly blaze was an accident sparked by overloaded power strips inside Brassner's apartment.

The unit had no smoke detectors, but none are required by law for older units like Brassner's, which was built in 1983.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-organization-sues-dead-man-s-estate-90-000-n921586

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1. Cya. "but none are required by law"

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3. It's worse than that. He OPPOSED mandatory sprinklers -- and won.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-sprinklers-apartment-fire/

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2. Creep

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4. I knew that name was familiar. Trump is responsible for that death. Some important background here:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-sprinklers-apartment-fire/

The deadly fire prompted scrutiny of the president’s own record on safety measures for apartment residents in New York, as well as claims that as an influential real estate developer during the 1990s he lobbied against a legislative measure that would have forced landlords to retrofit most larger residential buildings in the city with sprinklers.

Trump Tower, which opened in 1983, does not have sprinklers. Emergency services were alerted to the fire at Brassner’s apartment by a silent alarm, according to CNN. On 8 April, the left-leaning Facebook page “Proud Snowflakes” posted a widely-shared meme which read:

Trump Tower, where 67-year-old Todd Brassner died during a four-alarm blaze on 4/7/2018, did not have to comply with having sprinklers because Trump challenged the new rule in the 1990s and won.

The meme accurately describes Trump’s opposition to 1999 regulations on mandatory sprinkler installation, but also leaves out what appears to have been a change of mind by the future president, who later voluntarily installed the safety devices in another of his buildings despite the absence of a legal obligation.