When deferred maintenance meets combustible materials, small fires can quickly become catastrophic liabilities — or worse.
In a HousingWire bylined editorial, Partner Lawrence J. Luppi examines the critical liability lessons property owners and underwriters must learn from high-exposure fire disasters. He explores how rapid flashover times and emerging hazards like lithium-ion batteries greatly amplify risk, pointing to cases from Atlanta’s devastating 284-unit apartment complex blaze in 2023 to London’s horrific 60-hour Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 to show how delaying upgrades can directly cause massive legal exposure even years later.
Read Luppi’s full analysis:
Costly lessons of the Grenfell Tower Fire for landlords and underwriters