6th Circ. Revives Deadly $82M Wildfire Damage Suit

By Danielle Ferguson (August 17, 2023, 9:39 PM EDT) -- A Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday revived Tennessee property owners' suit seeking to recover from the federal government $82 million in damages they suffered from the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire, finding in a published opinion that the plaintiffs gave the appropriate agency notice of their claims that they weren't warned of the fire dangers....

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