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In a move seen as favorable to the plaintiffs a California judge in a $100 million civil suit has agreed to further question the plaintiffs about their case. Fifteen people in San Diego are suing state and federal government offices for failing to clear brush from land. The suit stems from the area’s “Cedar Fire” of 2003, California’s worst wildfire in history. The fire resulted in 15 deaths and the destruction of 2,200 homes.

The civil suit seeks damages from San Diego County and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection saying that the agencies did not properly manage brush growth in the federal forest where the fire began. The suit also claims that emergency workers were not dispatched in a timely manner and that 911 operators misled callers as to the emergency response.

A civil suit is a type of lawsuit that seeks monetary damages for some wrong done by someone else. In civil suits against the government, plaintiffs must show the court that their case is legitimate enough to move forward, as the government has some amount of protection against such suits.

The move by San Diego Superior Court Judge Lillian Lim is seen as favorable because the Judge almost denied the suit a few months ago.