Government,
Civil Litigation
Oct. 29, 2024
Engineering company's attorneys rebuff govt attempt to link it to wildfire
The federal government's complaint claims Garrett J. Gentry was carelessly operating an excavator on terrain that was too rocky and ignited sparks that spread throughout an area in Fontana where the wildfire started.
An engineering company based in Upland denied the federal government's allegations that its owner recklessly sparked a 2021 wildfire that burned hundreds of acres in the San Bernardino National Forest and destroyed surrounding residences.
Everett Dorey LLP partner Jeremy E. Beal, who's defending GJ Gentry General Engineering and its owner, answered the federal complaint in Los Angeles on Friday. The defense counsel denied the company had anything to do with how the fire st...
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