Families try to revive lawsuit over deadly 1999 bonfire collapse PLANO – The families of those killed or injured when a bonfire collapsed at Texas A&M University several years ago asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to revive their lawsuit. Attorneys representing 11 deceased and injured wanted the court to reconsider a lower court's May 2004 decision that dismissed the suit. The families allege the university failed to oversee the 59-foot bonfire, resulting in a "state-created danger." The judge who dismissed the case in May said the concept of "created danger" did not exist in 1999....