According to Third Circuit Judge Paul Matey's precedential Sept. 22 opinion, Alita Johnson called 911 while the building was on fire. The operator instructed her to remain inside, assuring her that help was on the way. "But a cascade of errors followed," Matey said, with firefighters initially driving to the wrong location and then, once at the scene, unaware that the family was inside.
September 22, 2020 at 05:00 PM
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Family of three residents burned to death in a building fire cannot sue the city of Philadelphia for the allegedly botched rescue attempt, a federal appeals court has ruled.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the case for not proving a state-created danger.
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Paul Matey testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, on Nov. 13, 2018.
