Class Action Complaint Follows Millennium Fire

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA-A class action complaint has been filed against the developer and several co-defendants following an eight-alarm fire last week at the Riverwalk at Millennium, a multi-building luxury apartment complex. The lawsuit has been filed in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of the tenants displaced by the fire. The suit alleges negligence on the part of the developer, building and management contractors involved in the project.

Defendants named in the complaint are the developer, O’Neill Properties Group of King of Prussia and its subsidiary, Merion Construction; L21 Construction Managers in Leesport, PA.; and Bozutto Corp. in Greenbelt, MD. O’Neill and Bozutto did not return calls in time for publication. L21 could not be reached for comment. The Philadelphia firm of Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky PC, is representing the plaintiffs. A call was not returned to GlobeSt.com from the firm.

Two of the buildings within the complex were completely destroyed by the fire, which required some 300 firefighters to get under control. Residents in the buildings that were spared the flames have since been allowed to return. The Montgomery County District Attorney has revealed that the fire was accidental, started by a construction worker’s torch in the Stables at Millennium apartment building under development at the complex.