Grenfell Tower Residents Petition For Rehearing In Flammable Panels Case

Mealey's (August 31, 2022, 2:02 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Former residents of London’s Grenfell Tower, which caught fire in 2017, on July 22 filed a petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that the panel erred in affirming, on grounds of forum non conveniens, the dismissal of their strict products liability case against manufacturers of the allegedly flammable panels used on the tower and in removing a condition placed on the dismissal that could have allowed the case to return to the trial court....