The young actor seriously injured in Broadway’s “Spider-Man” in August has gone to court to force the show’s producers to preserve the lift that crushed his foot.
Daniel Curry, 23, of Queens, made an emergency application in Manhattan Supreme Court Monday to block the mechanical device at the Foxwoods Theater from being altered until his experts can examine, photograph and test it.
His lawyer, Tonino Sacco, says in court papers that he has reason to believe that alterations to the lift are imminent.
Curry also is asking the court to order the producer, Eight Legged Productions, to turn over any internal reports written after the Aug. 15 accident when Curry’s foot got caught in the lift and then the stage floor closed on his leg.
The incident was the latest in a series of serious mishaps for “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” a musical that uses sophisticated computerized lifts and other devices to create special effects.
Another performer, Christopher Tierney suffered a fractured skull, ribs and shoulder when he fell 20 feet off a stage platform and a safety tether failed to catch him Dec. 20, 2010.
And stuntman Rick Kobak has said in court papers that he sustained multiple injuries because the computers that run the lifts and other safety equipment were not recalibrated to his weight during a series of performances and rehearsals and that the machinery sent him flying into a wall April 5, 2011.
Show spokesman Rick Miramontez released a statement saying the electrical equipment was not a factor in Curry’s accident.
However, Curry is requesting information about the computer program that is used to operate the lift and maintenance records dating to August 2010, when the prone production was in previews.
Curry, a graduate of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Manhattan, was one of nine Spider-Man dancers in the show.
