Legal Opinion
Dep't of Forestry & Fire Prot. v. Howell
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided December 6, 2017No. C074879; C076008PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtButz, J.
*162A wildfire started in Plumas County on September 3, 2007, and burned approximately 65,000 acres over the course of multiple weeks. This fire, dubbed the "Moonlight Fire," was at the center of several actions filed by plaintiffs Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), Grange *163Insurance Association, and multiple landowners1 in 2009 and 2010 against defendants Eunice E. Howell, individually, and on behalf of Howell's Forest Harvesting (hereafter Howell)-the designated lead defendant and respondent; Kelly Crismon; J.W. Bush; Sierra Pacific Industries (Sierra Pacific); W.M. Beaty and…
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