NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A man who was trapped in an elevator in Rockefeller Center for more than 40 hours filed a $25 million negligence suit against the building's owners, his lawyer said.
Nicholas White, 34, filed the suit in Manhattan Supreme Court charging that Rockefeller Center Management Corp. was careless in maintaining and monitoring the equipment in the building.Rockefeller Center Management Corp. had no comment.
White, a Business Week magazine production manager, left his office in a Rockefeller Center building on a Friday night last month. The elevator stopped just above the 13th floor.
White, who apparently screamed and pushed every button to try and draw the attention of building employees, spent 40 hours in the elevator. He was freed on Sunday afternoon when a building employee saw him on a security camera.