Jan. 27 at 7:17 PM
$GNSS Genasys sued over "intelligent" evacuation system failure in Eaton Fire
Ralph Bloemers
2mo Edited
According to attorneys in a newly filed suit, Genasys sold Los Angeles County a product promising “intelligent evacuation zones, real-time modeling, automated alerts, and targeted notifications.” But, as the complaint alleges, what residents actually received were static, pre-drawn polygons that treated Lake Avenue as a hard boundary—regardless of wind, embers, or fire progression.
In California wildfires, wrongful-death damages often range
$5–12 million per person, and juries go higher when the facts are stark. Punitive exposure does not seem likely but may be possible if discovery uncovers internal warnings about polygon limitations. For context: Genasys Inc. currently trades at a valuation of roughly
$150–200 million—a scale where even a handful of high-value wrongful-death verdicts could materially affect the company. And the Eaton Fire involved 19 deaths
