Summary Judgment Granted For Defendants In Fatal Apartment Fire Lawsuit

Mealey's (April 3, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge in Arkansas on March 31 issued three opinions granting motions for summary judgement for an apartment building owner, the maker of a smoke detector and a city’s fire department and ultimately dismissing claims including negligence, premises liability and product defect with prejudice brought by surviving family members of five people who were killed in an apartment fire (Furlandare Singleton, et al. v. Arkansas Housing Authorities & Casualty Self-Insured Fund Inc., et al., No. 4:15-cv-205-KGB, E.D. Ark., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55688 [smoke detector opinion])....