Legal Opinion
Charles M. McDonald v. Village of Winnetka, Ronald Colpaert, Scott Smith and Mitchell S. Kushner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 17, 2004No. 03-1457PublishedCited by 255 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
This case raises the question: what could be worse than having most of your home burn down in a fire? The answer, of course, is having the rest of it burn down a couple of days later in a second fire. What would make the situation dramatically worse, however, is if the fire department determined that the second fire was intentionally set (possibly by you) and called in federal authorities to investigate, thus requiring you to invest substantial energy, time and money defending against such allegations. Such a scenario would be particularly outrageous if the fire…
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