Bianca Wisniewski was a female construction supervisor in New York who filed a $20 million sexual harassment lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase and others in July of 2009. On October 18, 2009, Wisniewski was killed in a fire at her apartment in Queens, New York. The 44-year-old Wisniewski's 17-year-old daughter Olivia and two others in the apartment survived. Authorities have said they do not believe the blaze was suspicious.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/10/19/2009-10-19_woman_who_sued_for_20m_dies_in_fire.html
Background
Bianca Wisniewski was working as a safety coordinator at JP Morgan Chase's Park Avenue construction site in October of 2007. At the time she claimed she was regularly being harassed. Wisniewski, who was fired from her job, filed a $20 million lawsuit against JP Morgan Chase and Total Safety Consulting.http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/07/20/2009-07-20_bianca_wisniewski_.html
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Wisniewski was a construction supervisor who sued her employer, JP Morgan, for sexual harrassment in July 2009
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Worked as a safety coordinator at JP Morgan's Park Avenue construction site; claimed she was regularly harassed -
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Died in a fire at her apartment in October 2009
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Blaze broke out at the apartment in the Pomonok Houses in Queens on Sunday, October 18, 2009
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Mother of two teenage daughters, 17-year-old Olivia Wisniewski and 16-year-old Nicole Wisniewski
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Olivia Wisniewski was rescued from the fire along with two male relatives; Nicole Wisniewski wasn't home when the fire broke out
