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Magistrate Recommends Dismissal of 10 Counts and 8 Defendants in Maine Fire Case

A federal magistrate judge in Maine has recommended that ten counts of a lawsuit filed against members of the Tremont Fire Department be dismissed. The owners of Cap’n Nemo’s restaurant accused the firefighters of intentionally allowing their building to burn down in December, 2013.

Bizarre Maine Restaurant Fire Case Reinstated

The US 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a bizarre lawsuit from the State of Maine that accuses the local fire department of allowing a restaurant to burn due to firefighters’ animosity with its owners.

Fire Victims Seek $1.86 Million from Fire Department

The owners of a landmark Maine restaurant that was destroyed by fire in December 2013, have filed suit against the fire department and ten individual firefighters claiming they either purposefully or negligently allowed the building to burn.

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.

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