Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 18, 2020
Judge won’t immediately throw out inverse liability against SoCal Edison in Woolsey Fire
After a contentious showdown between SoCal Edison Co. and Woolsey Fire victims, LASC Judge William F. Highberger has allowed inverse condemnation to remain as a cause of action in the plaintiffs’ complaint for now.
Southern California Edison Co. lost, for now, its bid to knock out strict liability for its alleged role in a 96,000-acre fire that ripped through Ventura County two years ago.
After a showdown between lawyers for Edison and the Woolsey fire plaintiffs Thursday, Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger put off ruling on Edison's challenge to inverse condemnatio...
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