Supreme Court Denies Former Residents’ Petition In London Tower Fire Dispute

Mealey's (February 22, 2023, 1:45 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 21 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by former residents of a London high-rise public housing building that was destroyed by fire allegedly stoked by flammable building panels who had asked the high court to decide whether the unavailability of punitive damages in an alternative forum should weigh against dismissal of a case on forum non conveniens grounds....