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"A New York-based insurance company has filed a lawsuit against a Schaumburg woman over claims her two sons started a fire that damaged neighboring condominiums.<br /><br />QBE Insurance Co., as subrogee of Lexington Green Condominium Association, filed suit Dec. 4 in Cook County Circuit Court against Jennifer Melling and her two teenaged minor children.<br /><br />According to the complaint, Melling's sons were alone in the condo they shared with their mother on Thornhill Court in Schaumburg on July 16, 2013, when a fire spread out of their control as an alleged result of them playing with a fire-starting device or matches.<br /><br />The two boys evacuated the apartment building and contacted the fire department, the suit states, adding that the fire caused damage to multiple properties, including to Melling's unit.<br /><br />QBE Insurance Co. alleges Melling failed to supervise her minor sons and did not secure the fire-starting device. The company further accuses her two sons of handling a fire-starting device without care.<br /><br />The company seeks in excess of $100,000 in damages allegedly caused to the property and is represented by attorney Mark McGuire of Grotefeld Hoffmann in Chicago.<br /><br /><em>Cook County Circuit Court case number: 2014L012593.</em><br /><br /><em>This is a report on a civil lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court. The details in this report come from an original complaint filed by a plaintiff. Please note, a complaint represents an accusation by a private individual, not the government. It is not an indication of guilt and represents only one side of the story.</em><br /><br />as subrogee of<br /><br />Condominium"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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