Kathleen Mullahy, Witness To Elevator Accident That Killed Suzanne Hart, Files Lawsuit

The New York Daily News reports Kathleen Mullahy, 36, says she can no longer ride an elevator "out of fear of bodily injury and/or death."

Mullahy, an executive assistant and co-worker of Hart's at the ad firm Y & R (formerly known as Young & Rubicam), stepped inside the fateful 285 Madison Avenue elevator at 10am on December 14th.

As Hart stepped inside after her, the elevator suddenly shot upwards, crushing Hart to death and leaving half of her body still inside the lift as Mullahy and another unidentified man looked onward in shock.

Mullahy and the man were trapped inside for an hour with the body before first responders could free them.

Both Y & R and Transel Elevators (who did repair work on the lift just hours before the accident and is under investigation by the Department of Buildings ) are named as defendants in the lawsuit.