A wrongful death lawsuit has been settled for $5 million.
On Christmas day 2011 there was a fire in a home in Stamford which killed three girls and two of their grandparents. The fire began after a contractor, Michael Borcina, had left a bag of ashes from the fireplace in a bin in the house. He was renovating the home and was accused in the lawsuit, along with others, of making the home into a firetrap compounded by not installing a smoke detection system while he was carrying out the renovation.
The fire killed Grace and Sarah Badger who were 7 year old twins, 9 year old Lily Badger, and their maternal grandparents, Lomer and Pauline Johnson. The girl’s mother, Madonna Badger who happened to be dating Michael Borcina at the time, escaped.
The lawsuit was brought by the father, Matthew Badger.
According to Badger’s lawyer, this $5 million is the first settlement as there are more pending against several other defendants.
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