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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:47 am
The distraught parents of a 23-year-old woman killed falling down stairs at a Halloween costume party are seeking half a million dollars in compensation for her death.
James and Deborah Duskey have launched a lawsuit against the party's hosts and the exclusive Chicago hotel where it was held.
Their daughter, Megan Duskey, was one of 2,000 guests at the Palmer House Hilton's Haunted Hotel Ball celebrating the festivities with her girlfriends.
She slipped and fell while trying to slide down a staircase, toppling from the mezzanine-level banister and plummeting down four storeys to the basement.
Mr and Mrs Duskey filed their lawsuit in Cook County on Tuesday, the Chicago Sun Times reported.
It suit names Hilton Worldwide, the Palmer House Hilton, Surreal Chicago and Adrenaline Y2K and claims their daughter died as a result of their combined negligence.
They allege that the named parties allowed ball-goers to 'consume unlimited amounts of alcoholic beverages' after purchasing a pre-paid ticket and failed to provide security to protect those in attendance.
Duskey, a recently graduated special needs elementary school teacher, was dressed as the comic book superhero Silver Spectre when the accident happened, at around 10.30pm on October 30 2010.
She had only been at the party for around 30 minutes.
Close friend Elisa Pessetto said she had stepped away from the group for a few minutes when the tragedy happened.