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Simon, 73, was a passenger in a 2010 Lincoln sedan that
slammed into a Mercedes Benz and then hit metal lane barriers on
Manhattan's West Side on Feb. 11.
Francoise Simon's lawsuit claims that driver Reshad Fedahi, his
employers, Skyline Credit Ride, and its contractor Travez
Transportation acted negligently and recklessly leading up to
the crash.
Skyline and Travez had fired and re-hired Fedahi without
providing him training or driving tests and ignored multiple
customer complaints about Fedahi, according to the complaint,
filed in state Supreme Court.
The companies also knew or should have known that Fedahi had two
traffic convictions for speeding and had his New York state
drivers license suspended nine times, it said.
A spokeswoman with Skyline declined to comment on the lawsuit.
Travez and Fedahi could not immediately be reached.
Simon suffered injuries to his head and torso and was pronounced
dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.
As a result of the crash, "Simon suffered conscious pain and
suffering, fear of impending death," according to the complaint.
Francoise is also suing the owners of the second vehicle
involved in the crash.
Simon's decades-long career included covering major overseas
conflicts and surviving Iraqi prison.
He earned 27 Emmy awards for reporting during his career, and
won electronic journalism's highest honor, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia
University Award, for the piece "The Shame of Srebrenica," a "60
Minutes II" report on genocide during the Bosnian War.
He and his wife had one child, television producer Tanya Simon.
(Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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