RUFFINO v. UNITED STATES

No. 2:16-cv-02719-KJM-CKD.

583 F.Supp.3d 1288 (2022)

Gianfranco RUFFINO, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

Filed February 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Schenk , Angela Jae Chun , Casey Gerry Schenk Francavilla Blatt & Penfield LLP, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff.

Philip A. Scarborough , Rachel R. Davidson , Office of the United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant.


ORDER

Gianfranco Ruffino was severely burned when his sled ran into a patch of smoldering brush hidden beneath the snow near South Lake Tahoe, where the U.S. Forest Service was conducting a controlled burn. Ruffino sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The...

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