Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease on job sites in Harlem are suing, attorney Ben Crump announced. Two separate lawsuits filed Wednesday name Rising Sun Construction and Skanska USA Building,

Two separate lawsuits have been filed over the deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem. Both lawsuits claim construction companies failed to protect workers from unsafe conditions that led to the spread of the disease.

About one in 10 people who get sick from Legionnaires' disease die from the disease due to complications from illness, CDC said.