Hall County is threatening legal action against Sutphen, manufacturer of a firetruck involved in a July 22 accident that seriously injured three firefighters, if the company does not reimburse the county for the full cost of the truck, according to documents obtained by The Times through an open records request. During a training exercise, firefighters TJ Elliott, Stephen Jackson and Will Griffin suffered back and spinal injuries when the bucket they were in atop a fire truck ladder fell 44 feet. “… The top three sections of the fully extended ladder collapsed onto the second section when, apparently, the cables supporting the extension of the ladder failed,” County Attorney Bill Blalock wrote in a Sept. 16 letter to Sutphen of Amlin, Ohio. Hall County alleges Sutphen knowingly or negligently misled fire officials when negotiating purchase of the truck.