Civil Litigation
Sep. 18, 2019
Positives for both sides in Tubbs fire civil trial date approval
Weeks after a bankruptcy judge ruled that a jury trial should decide whether Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was liable for the 2017 Tubbs fire, the first civil jury trial for 18 preferential plaintiffs has been scheduled to begin Jan. 7, 2020 in San Francisco Superior Court.
The first civil jury trial linked to the 2017 Tubbs fire, now set for Jan. 7, will likely help expedite settlement negotiations and provide data points advancing Pacific Gas & Electric Company's reorganization goals during its bankruptcy proceedings.
San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Teri L. Jackson granted the plaintiffs' motion for trial preference Mond...
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