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PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is seeking to dismiss a federal lawsuit spawning from a fatal apartment house fire in Philadelphia, which took place in January 2022 and caused the deaths of 12 people, for failure to state claims upon which relief could be granted.
PHILADELPHIA – A fatal apartment house fire in Philadelphia, which took place in January 2022 and caused the deaths of 12 people, has not only spawned a state court wrongful death lawsuit, but now a federal court civil rights lawsuit.
The first lawsuit filed over a Christmas tree fire in Philadelphia – which killed 12 members of an extended family last winter – accuses the city's Housing Agency of lax oversight of the three-story rowhouse and a California company of distributing an unsafe pocket lighter that children can easily use.
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The first lawsuit filed over a Christmas tree fire that killed 12 family members faults the Philadelphia Housing Agency for lax oversight of the property.