Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal fire at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York on Jan. 9, 2022. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AP
The more than 65 lawsuits filed in the wake of a Bronx fire that killed 17 people—including eight children—will move forward as a consolidated action, a judge has ruled.
Acting Bronx Supreme Court Justice Raymond Fernandez in early July granted a motion filed by plaintiffs’ lawyers consolidating the cases and appointing a “Plaintiffs Steering Committee” composed of five attorneys who are already representing hundreds of plaintiffs.
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