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Question of the Day By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
DOVER, Del. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Wilmington and several former city officials stemming from an arson that left three city firefighters dead and three others injured.
A three-judge panel on Wednesday agreed with a federal district judge who had ruled that the risk of injury or death is inherent to a firefighter’s job and that any increase in risk based on actions by city officials did not alter the fundamental nature of that risk.
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