The Italian region of Lombardy is acting as a civil claimant in the proceedings relating to the Crans-Montana fire disaster in Switzerland. Paolo Bernasconi, a member of the Ticino Bar Association, has been appointed to represent Lombardy. Accordingly, the regional government, based in Milan, adopted a resolution – on the proposal of President Attilio Fontana – to act as a civil claimant. The tragic incident in Crans-Montana in canton Valais had resulted in the deaths and serious injuries of sev