Burchett

Burchett v. State of CA Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaMay 20, 20202:19-cv-01812California4,359 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HEATHER BURCHETT, et al., No. 2:19-cv-01812-MCE-EFB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER STATE OF CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND

FIRE PROTECTION, et al., Defendants. 17 By way of this action, Plaintiff Heather Burchett seeks to recover on behalf of herself and her minor child, G.B., (collectively “Plaintiffs”) for injuries sustained when her spouse, Matthew Burchett, (“Decedent”) was fatally wounded battling a forest fire in Mendocino County. She initiated her negligence claims against the State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (“CalFire”), CalFire Supervisor Garrett Prater, CalFire Trainee Jacobie Walters, and Global SuperTanker Services, LLC, (“GSTS”)1 in the Sacramento County Superior Court, after which GSTS removed the matter here. Presently before the Court are Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand (ECF No. 18) 26 1 GSTS was erroneously sued as “SuperTanker Services, LLC.”

2 CalFire, Prater, and Walters are hereafter…

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