Couple Suing Allston Building Owner After Facade Collapse

BOSTON (CBS) – A couple seriously injured when part of an Allston building collapsed on them are suing the building's owner.

Sonya Bandouil suffered multiple fractures of her spine, skull and leg when she was buried in bricks. A finger on the right hand of the 23-year-old classically trained pianist was amputated.

Her boyfriend, 25-year-old Alex Pankiewicz, was also injured in the concrete collapse on Harvard Avenue last November.

Pankiewicz, along with passersby, helped free Bandouil who was trapped by the debris. Bandouil was hospitalized at Brigham and Women's Hospital for 23 days and then transferred to Spaulding Rehab Hospital for another 65 days.

The couple claims the building's owner, Moss Realty LLP, was negligent.