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Case ID: 4875 | Miscellaneous | 07/27/2006
Attorneys representing nearly 100 antique dealers who lost millions in an April, 2006 fire at the Yale & Towne site in Stamford, Connecticut filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the owners of failing to meet fire codes, according to a copy of the suit. The lawsuit faults Antares Investment Partners of Greenwich, the owners of the building, for failing to repair a sprinkler system officials knew to be broken.
City fire marshals concluded the April 3, 2006 blaze might not have spread from a small piano shop into seven other businesses had the sprinkler system around the piano shop worked. Attorneys filed the suit on behalf of about 100 tenants who rented space in the Stamford Antiques Center. The suit accuses Antares of ignoring fire code violations while the company waited for the city's permission to tear down the buildings. The dealers lost millions of dollars in antiques when the flames ripped through the 17,000-square-foot space inside Building 15 of the old Yale & Towne complex, the lawsuit states. "It really, really hurt me and my family," said Robert DeFalco, an antiques dealer who lost about $90,000 worth of early 20th-century furniture, chandeliers, oil paintings and other items. "This is my bread and butter. This is how I live." Officials claim the city's investigation found Antares officials knew the system was broken when they purchased the site from Heyman Properties of Westport in October. The lawsuit names Antares, the owner of the piano shop where the blaze started and two financial companies that backed Antares' purchase of the property. A judge must approve the class-action suit before the tenants can proceed. Tenants of the antique center could choose not to join the lawsuit, lawyers claim. The lawsuit seeks to represent any antique dealer whose merchandise was damaged by the fire in the Yale & Towne site. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Miscellaneous Cases of Interest A woman who alleges her father's remains were mishandled is suing a New Hampshire crematorium and Massachusetts funeral homes in the first federal complaint filed since the crematorium was shut down by authorities in February, 2005.
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