Government
Jul. 6, 2012
As government pursues fire claims, timber companies want to limit damages
A Department of Justice effort to aggressively seek damages against companies accused of negligently setting wildfires in California is paying off, but timber companies want to limit such awards going forward.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Department of Justice effort to aggressively seek damages against companies accused of negligently setting wildfires in California is paying off, as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion recently upheld the government's ability to collect noneconomic damages for the "intangible" environmental impacts of such disasters.
On the heels of that Friday decision, federal prosecutors in S...
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