Civil Litigation,
Insurance
Apr. 27, 2018
Inverse condemnation ruling against PG&E upheld
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. lost a bid Thursday to persuade a Sacramento County judge to reconsider his ruling that inverse condemenation applies to privately-owned public utilities even though the California Public Utiliies Commission will not allow wildfire costs to be passed along to ratepayers.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. lost a bid Thursday to persuade a Sacramento County judge to reconsider his ruling that inverse condemnation applies to privately-owned public utilities even though the California Public Utilities Commission will not allow wildfire costs to be passed along to ratepayers.
Superior Court Judge Allen Sumner upheld his own ruling in a case by ratepayers over litigation stemming from 2015 wildfires in Norther...
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