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Litigation

Oct. 7, 2015

PG&E target of new wrongful death class action

After Pacific Gas & Electric Co. settled a third wave of water contamination cases in 2008 for $24.3 million, about 75 new claims have sprung up.


By America Hernandez


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Nearly two decades after the first "Erin Brockovich" toxic tort cases were filed over
tainted water in Hinkley, new suits are still coming.


A fraud and wrongful death class action was filed against Pacific Gas & Electric Co.,
Betz Chemical, and a host of related business entities, alleging the companies knowin...

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