The Hall County firefighters severely injured during a July 22 training accident have begun filing lawsuits in U.S. District Court for damages against the ladder truck manufacturer, Sutphen. Will Griffin, T.J. Elliott and Stephen Jackson fell 44 feet in a ladder truck during a training exercise at the Allen Creek Training Center. Elliott’s suit, filed through attorney Shane Lazenby, states that after being rushed to local hospitals, the three firefighters “began the long process of recovering from exceedingly painful and debilitating injuries that continues to present day.”