https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/boston-chinese-restaurant-blaze-firefighters-families-settle-for-22m/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:38:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/boston-chinese-restaurant-blaze-firefighters-families-settle-for-22m/comment-page-1/#comment-50371 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:38:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11625#comment-50371 This story is a little one sided. The families are not exactly splitting 2.2 million. They each received 200k and another firefighter who was injured received 50k. The rest of the settlement (approx. 1.5 million) was awarded to the City of Boston. Somehow that little point keeps getting missed. So just to be sure we are clear, the two firefighters, one of which was burned beyond recognition in the sudden backdraft explosion and the city gets paid. That’s a pretty sweet deal, I wonder if they get paid when a cop gets shot too.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/06/boston-chinese-restaurant-blaze-firefighters-families-settle-for-22m/comment-page-1/#comment-50356 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:16:00 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=11625#comment-50356 You’d think that someone whose business was destroyed after one drunk and one high firefighter responded would have a right to sue, too!

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