the city of stanford, connecticut denies liability for a deadly christmas day fire. the father of the victims disagreed and he wants justice. take a look. it was a christmas morning tragedy. nine-year-old lily, 7-year-old twins sarah and grace and their brandparents loemer and pauline johnson all killed in a quick moving fire engulfing their connecticut home. the girl s mother madonna badger and her boyfriend michael borcina managed to escape. the blaze ignited after he discarded fire place ashes near are an entryway close to the trash. at the time was house was undergoing renovations led by borcina, a contractor. now, matthew badger the girl s father plans to sue. he put the city of stanford on notice saying they are are to
judgment, anything the city could have done that they didn t do i think that the liability will attach. fred? this guy lost three of his daughters so who am i do question we h why he is doing what he is doing. trying to hold the city responsible is inappropriate. you have to show cassation. you have to show what the city did is the cause of accident. the cause of accident was what the boyfriend did at night with the embers. i m a little disappointed anded perturbed about the fact that they bulldozed the house within days of the accident. judge jeanine: i got to tell you, fred, i don t understand that. within hours they bulldozed the house. let s go back to the issue of the taxpayers in the city of stanford having to pay stamford having to pay the estates of the three little girls and no one would question the father s pain and search for justice. if they moved in without a certificate of occupant he is. if the permits had expired and
liability will attach. fred? this guy lost three of his daughters so who am i do question we h why he is doing what he is doing. trying to hold the city responsible is inappropriate. you have to show cassation. you have to show what the city did is the cause of accident. the cause of accident was what the boyfriend did at night with the embers. i m a little disappointed anded perturbed about the fact that they bulldozed the house within days of the accident. judge jeanine: i got to tell you, fred, i don t understand that. within hours they bulldozed the house. let s go back to the issue of the taxpayers in the city of stanford having to pay stamford having to pay the estates of the three little girls and no one would question the father s pain and search for justice. if they moved in without a certificate of occupant he is. if the permits had expired and if we have a scenario where the
if we have a scenario where the mother s boyfriend who is a contractor moves the embers in a dangerous wea situation how s the city of stamford to blame? i understand your point as far as causation. there are contributing factors. you don t have to demonstrate that the city is 100% at fault here. judge jeanine: contributory negligence? exactly. what about causation. you have to prove there was a cause-and-effect. there is a major causal connection between the manner of the fire and the lack of the city doing their job issuing permits allowing them to move in there. and i hear are you, a good argument. it was broken the minute they spent the night in there without the proper smoke detectors and without the proper things being done. what jumps out at me is that the father doesn t see a deep pocket. the boyfriend doesn t have any money and there is nobody else to sue and now he is looking to the city and i think that is inappropriate.
could have done that they didn t do i think that the liability will attach. fred? this guy lost three of his erererughterss so w who am m i o question we h why he is doing what he is doing. trying to hold the city responsible is inappropriate. you have to show cassation. you have to show what the city did is the cause of accident. the cause of accident was what the boyfriend did at night with the embers. i m a little disappointed anded perturbed about the fact that they bulldozed the house within days of the accident. judge jeanine: i got to tell you, fred, i don t understand that. within hours they bulldozed the house. let s go back to the issue of the taxpayers in the city of stanford having to pay stamford having to pay the estates of the three little girls and no one would question the father s pain and search for justice. if they moved in without a certificate of occupant he is. if the permits had expired and