{"id":9867,"date":"2021-01-26T09:24:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T14:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=9867"},"modified":"2021-01-26T09:24:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T14:24:32","slug":"wildfire-lawsuits-refuse-to-extinguish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/wildfire-lawsuits-refuse-to-extinguish\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire Lawsuits Refuse to Extinguish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes when you ignore the law, you may have to face the consequences.\u00a0 Due to the company\u2019s negligence in a wildfire that took place in 2018, J-Spear Ranch in Paisley, Oregon is left to deal with a second lawsuit filed against them.\u00a0 While the first lawsuit was initiated by a timber company, this second swing at legal action is taken by the federal government.\u00a0 The lawsuits intend to hold J-Spear Ranch responsible for the Fremont-Winema National Forest\u2019s Watson Creek Fire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The fire left a path of destruction and claimed 59,000 total acres.\u00a0 Within that total landscape, about 46,000 acres are under the management of the US Forest Service.\u00a0 In the list of damages mentioned in the second lawsuit, the most debilitating effects include timber loss and habitat destruction.\u00a0 The environment was placed at risk<\/a>, as well as the water quality.\u00a0In addition to the physical harm done to the acreage of land, the fire incurred fire suppression and rehabilitation costs.\u00a0 In total, the dollar amount placed on the fire\u2019s impact adds up to about $14 million.<\/p>\n

In the first lawsuit, filed a month before the second, the timber company alleges that the fire caused a loss of 13,000 acres of land and $7.75 million in necessary reconstruction.\u00a0 The source of the fire, while pinned on J-Spear Ranch, can more closely be blamed on a mechanical issue.\u00a0 Fire season rules dictate that ranch vehicles be cleared of all dried vegetation that may lead to a fire.\u00a0 J-Spear was responsible for an all-terrain vehicle that was not cleared of any caked-on debris and did not come equipped with fire-suppression gear.\u00a0 The lawsuits do not attribute malice to the cause of the fire, but rather, state that the ranch employee was performing maintenance-related duties when the fire ignited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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