Family of young woman and toddler who died in Columbia house fire settle wrongful death and survival claims for $42.5K

LANCASTER – The family of both a young woman and toddler who died in a residential structure fire in Columbia Borough in January 2020 have settled claims for survival and wrongful death against both the owner and property manager, for $42,500.

Michelle L. Hoffman (administratrix of the Estate of Cami Jo Combs) of Columbia and Austin Michael Flowers (administrator of the Estate of Callie Jo Flowers) of Marietta first filed suit in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 10 versus Ray M. Kreider of Columbia and Raymond J. Shade (a.k.a. Raymond Joseph Shade Jr.) of Manheim.

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PHOTOS: This Week in Columbia

Recent photos of Columbia

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Tis the season.

Even this guy's in town.

Jesse the Computer Guy (aka Santa) has some great deals at his shop at 23 N. 4th Street.

Parking was free downtown this weekend.

Looks like Mary is saying a much-needed prayer for Columbia.

Streetlight in the daytime

The post office is occasionally using rentals now.

Fall sunset

Deer crossing at Laurel Hill 

Fiery cloud

The American Legion installed its new LED sign.

The storm trackers were in town.

The goats are back at the former McGinness airport.

God only knows what they've been eating 

out there.

Our sleepy little hamlet as seen from Wrightsville

Ghost sign at 254 Locust

It says something about "FURNITURE."

When you really need to retrieve your cell phone

Can you count the rings?

Probably not, because they've been obscured by grooves and ruts from a chainsaw.

This is a cross-section of the old sycamore that was cut last week to make way for a Majik appliance store at 921 Lancaster Avenue.  

As the mayor said, "That's progress."

Here are some other scenes from the demo site:

This is a rendition of the new building.

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Meanwhile, the Eberly Myers project continues on the 100 block of Locust.