NEW YORK CITY: British theatre impresario Cameron Mackintosh is famed for rarely putting a foot wrong in New York.
But the billionaire producer made an expensive mistake when he brought in his private cleaner to mop the floor outside his office on Broadway.
A visiting delivery man slipped on the wet surface, suffered shoulder, chest and knee injuries, and now the producer of smash-hit musicals including Cats, Phantom of the Opera, and Les Miserables has been forced to settle a lawsuit by paying out a reported $2.9m.
The case was on the verge of being put before a jury at Brooklyn Supreme Court last week when an agreement on damages was reached.
Court documents indicate Mackintosh was held personally responsible for the November 2008 accident.
AFP
