Syracuse Rural Fire District v. Pletan

The appellant, Syracuse Rural Fire District, owned a truck used in fighting grass fires called a grass rig. The grass rig became stalled and subsequently was destroyed by fire in a field owned by the appellee, Ronald Pletan, while the fire district was responding to a grass fire on Pletan’s property. The fire district sued Pletan on two causes of action, breach of contract and negligence. The district court for Otoe County sustained Pletan’s demurrer to the contract cause of action and sustained Pletan’s motion for summary judgment on the tort cause of action. We conclude that the permit…