COLUMBIA — In the middle of an open court hearing in the wrongful death lawsuit for former Irmo firefighter Jay Muller, the city of Columbia threatened to stop providing assistance to Irmo’s fire department if they did not comply with the city’s demands, new legal filings allege.
The documents, included in an Oct. 16 filing by lawyers representing Muller’s widow, claim that Columbia threatened it “may stop providing mutual aid assistance for fires in Irmo, South Carolina.”
The comment allegedly came during a hearing on Dec. 10, 2025, in which Columbia sought to name Irmo as a third-party defendant in the case, which would hold the fire district liable for any damages Columbia might be ordered to pay out…