Sledder sues after allegedly being burned by USFS burn pile
Submitted by paula on Wed, 11/23/2016 - 11:08pm
An individual alleges he was burned while sledding because of a controlled fire conducted by a federal agency that was hidden and left burning.
Gianfranco Rufino filed a complaint on Nov. 16, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against United States, alleging negligence.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that on Nov. 14, 2015, he was severely injured while sledding down a hillside in South Lake Tahoe when he unknowingly stopped his sled on top of one of many burning piles of debris that were hidden and left smoldering from a controlled fire conducted earlier by the United States Forest Service. As a result of the dangerous condition of the said public property, the suit states he suffered second-degree burns...
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