Government
Oct. 25, 2019
Regulatory body to weigh in on inverse liability for utility
LA Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger, overseeing the Woolsey Fire litigation, has invited the California Public Utilities Commission to weigh in on whether inverse condemnation liability can apply to Southern California Edison Company.
LOS ANGELES -- The superior court judge overseeing the Woolsey Fire litigation has invited the state's utility regulatory body to weigh in on whether inverse condemnation liability should apply in claims against Southern California Edison Co.
Edison, whose equipment has been blamed for sparking the massive wildfire last November that burned more than 96,000 acres in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, has been fighting inverse conde...
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