In her motion to dismiss, Ms. Brentrup cited the theory that “danger invites rescue” and argued that her actions in fleeing the fire were reasonable because she had to find her children in three different apartments and get them out safely.

ACTOR MACAULEY Culkin’s mother has failed to win dismissal from several multi-million dollar suits alleging that she negligently left an apartment door open when fleeing with her children from a high-rise fire that killed four people and injured two dozen others.