The court hearing for victims of the Armadale fire was postponed, when it came up for mention in the Supreme Court yesterday.
The Office of the Children’s Advocate had secured court dates from July 7 to 18 to hear compensation claims on behalf of some survivors of the deadly fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Facility in Alexandria, St. Ann.
That incident, which occurred on May 22, 2009, caused the deaths of seven girls, all wards of the state and the injury of several others.
Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison says the court proceedings failed to get underway yesterday, despite all the parties being present.
Diahann Gordon Harrison, Children’s Advocate speaking with Nationwide News.
Mrs. Gordon Harrison says of the 37 cases that have been filed by the OCA, 22 of those are set for trial.
The Attorney General’s Department is the office designated by law to deal with civil cases where the government is involved.
In May last year Mrs. Gordon Harrison said the cases were facing a roadblock from the AG’s department, as that office indicated that the amount being claimed, was too high.
A counter offer was made, which the Children’s Advocate says is now being considered by her office.
