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Jun 12, 2008 7:12 am US/Eastern

Firefighter's Widow Sues Restaurant In Fatal Fire

BOSTON (WBZ) ― The widow of one of two Boston firefighters killed in a fire at a Chinese restaurant last summer has sued the restaurant, blaming negligent maintenance.
 
Anne Cahill, widow of Paul Cahill, filed suit Wednesday against Tai Ho Mandarin and Cantonese, its grease cleaning service and the building's owner.

Cahill says the companies knew or should have known grease build-up in a kitchen exhaust pipe had created a fire hazard.

The grease ignited in a fireball August 29, killing Cahill and Warren Payne.

Shortly after the fire, the autospies reportedly showed Cahill was drunk and Payne had cocaine in his system.

Cahill's lawyer, Neil Sugarman, said the autospy reports won't affect his case. He said the bottom line is the fire could have been prevented.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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