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Litigation

Dec. 6, 2000

Man Owes $2.75M in Damages From Fire

SANTA BARBARA - A judge has ordered a man held liable for a devastating 1990 wildfire to pay $2.75 million in damages to Santa Barbara County.

        SANTA BARBARA - A judge has ordered a man held liable for a devastating 1990 wildfire to pay $2.75 million in damages to Santa Barbara County.
        The county had sought that amount after a jury in September found that Leonard "Lenny" Ross, a self-employed artist, set the Painted Cave fire as an act of revenge against a neighbor. The blaze killed one woman and destroyed hundreds o...

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