[quote name='Richard_L_Dean_07405' post='102607' date='Apr 29 2007, 18:02 ']The fire chief of Pompton Lakes decided to charge those people with "failure to report a fire" but then the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office backed down and would not support such a thing. As a result the chief was the defendant in a civil suit and lost the case with a hefty judgement against him. Although the borough finally took care of some of the financial obligation, the word has spread among fire officials what might happen to them.[/quote]
What was the basis for the civil suit?
What was the basis for the civil suit?