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Civil Litigation

Dec. 20, 2019

PG&E hit with $2.5B putative class action over outages

PG&E’s planned energy shutoffs were only necessary because of its negligence maintaining its transmission lines, according to the complaint.

PG&E hit with $2.5B putative class action over outages

The bankrupt Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. was hit Thursday with a class action lawsuit seeking more than $2.5 billion over the utility's allegedly botched power outages.

PG&E's planned energy shutoffs were only necessary because of its negligence maintaining its transmission lines, according to the complaint.

Plaintiffs' attorneys at Phillips, Erlewine, Given & Carlin LLP seek to compen...

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