ASPEN – — A lawsuit over a fire that gutted an Aspen apartment building has been settled.
Pitkin County District Judge Gail Nichols, on April 17, signed off on a dismissal of the case, which had been scheduled for trial in July.
“The parties were able to reach an amicable settlement agreement in this case,” wrote attorneys for the plaintiff and defendants in a joint stipulation for dismissal of the suit.
The settlement comes after State Farm Fire and Casualty sued Brian Mooney, Mitchell Rubin and Mark Janian in May 2010, alleging that the trio ignited the fire by “improperly disposing of a lit cigarette” in a unit at the Castle Ridge Apartments on June 11, 2008. The suit doesn’t say which man disposed of the cigarette.
State Farm dismissed Rubin from the suit in March 2011, noting that he “has concealed himself from this jurisdiction,” according to a court filing.
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