Father of family who died in arson drops lawsuit
Lin Shengbin, whose wife Zhu Xiaozhen and three children were killed in an arson attack set intentionally by nanny Mo Huanjing, is surrounded by journalists before the reopening of the trial of the nanny accused of killing four people at Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court in Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, on December 21, 2017.
A man has dropped a lawsuit against six companies after his wife and three children died in a house fire set by their nanny in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, a local court announced Tuesday.
Lin Shengbin and two other plaintiffs have withdrawn their lawsuit against six companies — including the property management company of their apartment, its constructor, its designer, the fire control service provider of the building and the nanny agency — after a settlement was reached, Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court said in an online statement.
The apartment’s property management company has fulfilled its obligations specified in the settlement, the court said, without disclosing details.
Lin took them to court in May 2018, demanding total compensation of 130 million yuan (US$19.37 million).
Lin’s wife and three children, aged 6, 9 and 11, died of asphyxia after their nanny, Mo Huanjing, set the apartment on fire on June 22, 2017. Mo intended to start a fire and then put it out to win trust from the family so that she could borrow more money from them.
Mo was sentenced to death — she was executed on September 21, 2018.
Lin was away on a business trip when the tragedy happened.
He blamed the property management company for not properly handling the emergency and not keeping fire facilities in good condition, among other things. The nanny agency was accused of not vetting Mo thoroughly, since she had stolen on multiple occasions from previous employers.
