Court upholds decision on unauthorized excavator use
Sep 25, 2012 | 01:31 PM
| Lisa Gordon
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Bates Recycling,
Christopher Bates,
scrapyard fire,
Lisa Gordon
PITTSBURGH — An Ohio scrapyard owner will not be reimbursed for damages a firefighter allegedly caused to the recycler’s equipment while putting out a fire in October 2010.
Christopher Bates, owner of Cygnet, Ohio-based Bates Recycling Inc., sued the Village of Cygnet Fire Department and firefighter Andy Socie, claiming that Socie damaged a Caterpillar excavator he used without authorization to help fight the fire.
An Ohio appellate court upheld a September 2011 judgment issued by Wood County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas dismissing Bates’ claims.....
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