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Civil Litigation

Nov. 15, 2018

1st suit over Camp Fire filed against PG&E

While the first of potentially thousands of lawsuits related to the recent wildfires has been filed against Pacific Gas & Electric Co., legal observers are keeping an eye on whether recent legislation absolving utilities from paying all of wildfire damage costs would cover this year’s incidents.

1st suit over Camp Fire filed against PG&E
A crew looks for remains of victims of the Camp Fire in the rubble of a house in Paradise on Thursday. As wildfires ravage large swaths of California one of the state's biggest utilities has declared that it faces billions of dollars in potential liability -- far more than its insurance would cover.

While the first of potentially thousands of lawsuits related to the recent wildfires has been filed against Pacific Gas & Electric Co., legal observers are keeping an eye on whether recent legislation absolving utilities from paying all of wildfire damage costs would cover this year's incidents if any utilities were found responsible.

The Northern California Camp Fire has already been called the deadliest wildfire in the state's ...

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