City Of Los Angeles Sues Developer Over Massive Apartment Complex Fire

Friday, February 19th, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation

The city of Los Angeles filed a $20 million lawsuit on Thursday against the real estate developer behind a downtown apartment complex destroyed while under construction in a massive arson fire that engulfed an entire city block in December 2014. The civil suit alleged that Geoffrey H. Palmer and his company, G.H. Palmer Associates, failed to take fire-safety precautions that would have curbed the spread of flames that ended up burning down the multimillion-dollar Da Vinci Apartments complex.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/losangeles-arson-idUSL2N15X2R0

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