MoMA PS1 lawsuit over falling panel settled and dismissed
The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
A personal injury lawsuit against the Museum of Modern Art and its Queens affiliate MoMA PS1 over a falling exhibition panel has been settled and dismissed, according to federal court records.
Andrea Kroksnes, a Norwegian citizen, filed the lawsuit on October 28, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and requested a jury trial.
The complaint did not specify Kroksnes’ occupation, but the website for Oslo’s Nasjonalmuseet lists a person by the same name as a senior curator. Urgent Matter reached out to an email address for the curator at the Nasjonalmuseet for confirmation but did not receive a response.
The complaint alleged Kroksnes was injured during a visit to the exhibition “Jumana Manna: Middle Ghost” at MoMA PS1 in October 2022, when a large wall-mounted acoustic panel came loose and fell while she was sitting in a screening room.
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Court Documents: Kroksnes v. MoMA PS1 Settlement and Dismissal
Records from the U.S. District Court for the Eatern District of New York
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Kroksnes said the panel was installed behind visitor seating and was not properly secured. She claimed the incident caused a concussion and ongoing post-concussion syndrome, resulting in lasting physical and cognitive injuries.
The lawsuit asked for more than $150,000 in damages, citing negligence by MoMA PS1 and negligent supervision by the Museum of Modern Art.
Court records show the case moved forward only briefly after it was filed. The defendants were served in November and asked for more time to respond. The court agreed and set a January 5, 2026, deadline for their answer or other response.
Before the deadline, the parties told the court they had reached a settlement. On December 23, 2025, lawyers for both sides notified the court that the case had “settled in principle” and that they were finalizing the paperwork.
The filing prompted the court to cancel a previously scheduled initial conference set for January 14, 2026, and vacate related deadlines while the parties finalized the agreement.
On February 2, both sides filed a stipulation to dismiss the case with prejudice, which means the claims cannot be brought again. The filing said the dismissal followed a settlement agreement and that each side would pay its own fees and costs.
The court closed the case the next day. The settlement terms were not made public in the filings.
Editor’s Note: Individual personal injury lawsuits like this—unless they raise broader institutional, legal or public-safety issues—will now be covered in our Below the Fold series, a periodic roundup tracking routine lawsuits involving cultural institutions, rather than as standalone articles. Because Urgent Matter previously reported on this case, we are publishing this update on its dismissal.
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