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Civil Litigation

Sep. 25, 2019

Judge OKs plaintiffs access to redacted Woolsey Fire report

Judge William F. Highberger decided Tuesday to grant the state’s motion to quash plaintiffs’ subpoenas seeking the release of the Woolsey Fire causation report.

After lambasting a deputy California attorney general for refusing to publicly address questions relating to prior criminal probes against a utility, a state court judge overseeing the Woolsey Fire litigation then granted his motion to quash subpoenas on Tuesday, allowing plaintiffs only to receive a redacted version of the causation report.

A full causation report is anticipated to be available in April 2020. Plaintiffs sought to ...

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