Sofa Store Wants Charleston Listed in Suit

[moggie6 54]

Found this article on firehouse.com interesting. Just wondering what everyone thought of this. Here is the link to firehouse.

http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/a...mp;sectionId=56

[M' Ave 1,466]

This is a tough one. I'd have to know more about the F.D. to form a real opinion, however, I"ll say this:

I don't know that you can include the city in a wrongful death suit unless that city was grossly understaffed by some national standard (ie NFPA) or some piece of equipment the city issued was knowingly defective or not properly maintained.

I think there is an even darker side to this issue. If the city is named as a defendant and the way they managed the F.D. is called into question, they will search long and hard to find operational miscues as a defense. The city will not pay, look at the Deutche Bank building in Manhattan. They city was extremely negligent in their handling of this demolition project and yet they managed to side step responsibility and the top brass of the 1st division were all stripped of their commands for alleged mishandling of a situation that was far beyond their scope of control.

[efdcapt115 1,511]

Here's a link to a local story about this issue from the paper here in Myrtle Beach:

http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story...ylink=mirelated

There is also an ongoing controversy about the handling of the wildfire we had that ended up jumping a six lane highway and destroying 70+ homes in North Myrtle Beach:

http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/1005690.html

No shortage of fire department/public safety related news/problems here in South Carolina.