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U.S. v. CB & I CONSTRUCTORS, INC.

No. 10-55371.

685 F.3d 827 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CB & I CONSTRUCTORS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Meltzer , Leon W. Weidman , Office of the United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellee.

Peder Kristian Batalden , Lisa J. Perrochet , Robert H. Wright , Horvitz & Levy, LLP, Encino, CA, Jeffrey D. Lyddan , Lyddan Law Group, Moraga, CA, for the appellant.

Randy W. Gimple , Carlson Calladine & Peterson, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Daniel Paul Collins , Manger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Charles Larry Davis , San Diego Gas & Electric Company, San Diego, CA, John Ross Ellis , Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA, for amici curiae.

Before: ALFRED T. GOODWIN, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant CB & I Constructors, Inc., ("CB & I") negligently caused a June 2002 wildfire that burned roughly 18,000 acres of the Angeles National Forest in Southern California. The United States brought a civil action against CB & I to recover damages for harm caused by the fire. CB & I does not contest its liability or the jury's award of roughly $7.6 million in fire suppression, emergency mitigation, and...

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