Lawyers for victims in the Gabriel House assisted living facility fire claimed owner and operator Dennis Etzkorn has “a web of companies and corporations” used to “hide” his assets, including a $2.8 million beachfront home in Miami Beach, Florida.

On Friday, May 1, Judge Raffi Yessayan heard multiple motions in the complex case. Attorneys for the victims, Etzkorn, and for other parties with financial interests in the case filled in a courtroom at Bristol County Superior Court, attempting to determine who is owed a piece of whatever money is available to cover losses after the tragic July 2025 fire.

The historic blaze was the deadliest statewide in four decades. Ten people, all elderly, were killed as a result of the fire. Thirty people were injured. The fire left dozens of residents, mostly elderly and disabled, temporarily homeless and having lost most of their possessions.

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