Charleston Sofa Super Store Settlement

Posted by: Curt Varone July 5, 2011 0

It appears that the final settlement agreement has been reached in the Charleston Sofa Super Store fire suits. The June 18, 2007 fire killed nine firefighters.

Nineteen separate suits have been filed in the case, including suits by the estates of each of the nine dead firefighters, and suits by ten other firefighters who were injured in the blaze.

In the most recent settlements, the families of the nine deceased firefighters agreed to accept $1.9 million from the Sofa Super Store and its owners. Settlements had previously been reached with other defendants, including furniture manufacturers, contractors, and installers of various building components. The estimate of the total recovery from the suits is $18 million.

The final $1.9 million came from the primary owner of the Sofa Super Store, Herb Goldstein, as well as Herbert Goldstein LLC, the Goldstein Family Limited Partnership and Furniture Retailers of Charleston, Inc.

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About Curt Varone

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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