Legal Opinion
Gallo v. City of Philadelphia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 15, 1997No. Civil Action 96-3909PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DALZELL, District Judge.
I. Factual Background
On the morning of Sunday, June 11, 1989, a fire erupted at Gallo Cabinets, a custom cabinet shop plaintiff James J. Gallo owned and operated in Philadelphia. The Fire Department quickly arrived and put out the flames, but not before the store was extensively damaged.
Defendant Assistant Fire Marshall Lt. Re-nald Pelszynski also arrived on the fire scene that Sunday morning to begin his investigation into the cause of the fire. “At some point after Pelszynski’s initial inspection,” according to Gallo, Lt. Pelszynski prepared the following…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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