Brooklyn-born actress Marisa Tomei is being sued by three insurance companies. The Marisa Tomei lawsuit charges the Oscar winning actress with being a bad neighbor, and seeks $130,000 in damages.
What did Tomei do to irritate her neighbors?
Apparently, Tomei left the water running, clogged some drains, or had faulty pipes in a September 2010 incident, as the insurance companies say her “negligent” acts caused extensive water damage to her Greenwich Village apartment building, reports the New York Post.
The damage includes $15,000 worth of damage to an apartment belonging to downstairs neighbor and Hairspray director John Waters, $33,000 worth of damage to an apartment owned by the Bank of New York, and $80,450 worth of damage to an apartment owned by Michael Baron, reports the Post.
To prove negligence, the insurance companies would have to show that Tomei was careless using her water, such as leaving the water running all night, attempting to install a device like a hot tub without getting the proper okay from the building, or improperly installing a device like a hot tub and letting the pipes leak downstairs. In addition, the insurance companies will have to show that their clients’ water damage was caused by Tomei’s use, and not because of some general problem with the apartment complex.
A Marisa Tomei lawsuit was brought for negligent water use. Tomei knows a thing or two about law having won an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny, but she will need a real-life lawyer to defend herself in this Manhattan apartment damage lawsuit.
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