Three sisters and their nine children died in the January 2022 fire.
"The lighter didn't contain adequate safety features that would prevent a 5-year-old from igniting flames, which is exactly, tragically, what happened here," Kline said Tuesday, the day the first of several expected lawsuits over the deaths was filed.
The three adult sisters who perished were Rosalee McDonald, Virginia Thomas and Quinsha White. Kline represents some of their survivors, including their mother Vanessa McDonald, who lost nine grandchildren. He said the product was manufactured in China and approved by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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