Insurer Suing Man Who Admitted Torching Home After Court Order To Vacate

A man now serving a four-to-five year state prison term for burning down his Swampscott home three years ago is now facing a lawsuit from his former insurance company.

Timothy Brosnan, 60, pleaded guilty last year to turning on natural gas jets and pouring gasoline around his $800,000 home at 11 Linden Ave., then setting it on fire back on the afternoon of July 30, 2016.

Prosecutors had alleged that Brosnan, facing a Probate and Family Court order to vacate the home so that his then-estranged wife and kids could move back in the following day, decided to burn it down instead.