LOS ANGELES (AP) - A lawsuit claims a woman suffered a broken ankle on a recently opened glass-enclosed slide attached to the exterior of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper. 
 
 City News Service says the lawsuit filed Wednesday against building owner OUE Skyspace LLC and a concession company claims negligence. 
 
 Fifty-seven-year-old Gayle Yashar and husband Morty Yashar of Woodmere, New York, seek unspecified damages. 
 
 The Skyslide opened last month as part of a renovation of the 72-story U.S. Bank Tower. The slide spans 45 feet from the 70th floor to the 69th. 
 
 The suit claims the design doesn't allow rider to slow down enough before reaching the end and a stack of mats in the runout area created a gap that trapped riders' feet. 
 
 An email seeking comment was sent to OUE Skyspace. 
 
 Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ||||| The glass “Skyslide” nearly 1,000 feet above downtown Los Angeles attached to the west’s tallest skyscraper hasn’t been open yet for a month, but it’s already the target of a personal injury lawsuit over a broken ankle. 
 
 The managers and operators of the 72-story U.S. Bank Tower slide have been sued by a woman who says she broke her right ankle after coming down the glass-enclosed attraction on the side of the tallest building on the West Coast. 
 
 Gayle Yashar, 57, alleges negligence in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against OUE Skyspace LLC and Legends Hospitality LLC. 
 
 Her husband, Morty Yashar, is a co-plaintiff, claiming loss of consortium. The Yashars, of Woodmere, N.Y., are seeking unspecified damages. 
 
 A representative for the building’s owners did not immediately reply to a request for comment. 
 
 According to the complaint, Gayle Yashar was injured July 3, eight days after the slide opened. The suit alleges the slide was designed in a way that those who use it cannot slow down enough before reaching the end. 
 
 The complaint filed Wednesday also alleges that there are stacked mats at the end of the slide runout area. 
 
 “This created a gap that trapped the covered feet of riders,” the suit says. “This increased the risk of serious injury for an ankle fracture which was far beyond the risk assumed by the uninformed and unsuspecting riders.” 
 
 The owners also failed to warn riders of the risks involved in coming down the slide, the suit alleges. 
 
 The Yashars’ attorney, Barry Novack, said the audio portion of a video taken of Gayle Yashar’s run includes the sound of a crack as she reaches the bottom. She realized she hurt her ankle after she tumbled and then got up, Novack said. 
 
 –Staff and wire reports 
 
 
 
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– Who would've thought a slide made of glass attached to the side of the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast could be dangerous? That's the claim being made in a lawsuit filed by two New Yorkers who visited Los Angeles earlier this month, My News LA reports. The 45-foot-long "Skyslide" opened last month on the side of the US Bank Tower, running between the 70th and 69th floors nearly 1,000 feet above the street, notes the AP. Gayle Yashar, 57, claims she broke her ankle while coming down the Skyslide July 3; she's suing for negligence, while her co-plaintiff and husband, Morty Yashar, is suing for loss of consortium. Her lawyer says you can hear her ankle crack on video taken during her ride. The couple is seeking unspecified damages from OUE Skyspace LLC, which owns the building. The lawsuit claims the slide's design doesn't allow riders to slow down before it ends. It also states that mats stacked near the end of the slide "increased the risk of serious injury for an ankle fracture which was far beyond the risk assumed by the uninformed and unsuspecting riders." (Slide down this sand dune and it will start "singing.")