A lawsuit filed Monday claims Eastman Kodak Co. failed to provide adequate security outside the Kodak Center before a crash that killed three people.
The civil complaint stems from the Jan. 1, 2024 incident in which an SUV carrying full gas cans drove into a crowd leaving an event at the performing arts theater on West Ridge Road.
The vehicle struck an Uber, killing passengers Joshua Orr and Justina Hughes, along with a nearby pedestrian, Dawn Revette. The driver, Michael Avery, also died. Law enforcement authorities labeled the incident a terrorist attack.
Carrie Roach, administratrix of Hughes’ estate, and Jason Orr, administrator of Joshua Orr’s estate, filed the lawsuit against Kodak in Monroe County. The families are represented by the New York City law firm Morgan & Morgan NY PLLC.
Kodak owns the Kodak Center at 200 West Ridge Road.
“It was the duty of defendant Eastman Kodak Co. … to maintain the safety and security at or near the subject premises to avoid causing personal injuries to attendees and others lawfully upon the subject premises,” the complaint states.
The lawsuit describes the crash as “an act of terrorism” and argues the victims’ deaths were “caused solely and wholly by the negligence, carelessness, recklessness, willfulness, wantonness, and conscious and deliberate disregard for the safety of others by the defendants.”
The suit also claims the company “knew or should have known that the individuals involved in this incident posed a threat to customers and members of the public at large.”
The complaint seeks damages, though the filing does not specify an amount.
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