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PEOPLE EX REL. GRIJALVA v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B201881.

72 Cal.Rptr.3d 53 (2008)

159 Cal.App.4th 1072

The PEOPLE ex rel. Ruben GRIJALVA, as Director, etc., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Ventura County, Respondent; United Water Conservation District et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Six.

February 4, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General of the State of California, Mary E. Hackenbracht, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gary Tavetian and Michael W. Hughes, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Brown, Brown & Klass, Delos E. Brown, Agoura Hills, and John L. Stumreiter, for Real Parties in Interest.

YEGAN, J.

Real parties in interest admit they are legally responsible for starting the Piru Fire on October 23, 2003. The fire burned for two weeks, ultimately consuming some 64,000 acres and costing $3,871,695 to combat. Petitioner, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, seeks to recover its fire fighting costs pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 13009 and 13009.1. Real parties in interest contend petitioner's negligence caused the blaze...

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