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Torts/Personal Injury,
Real Estate/Development

May 23, 2025

Napa family sues PG&E for having to sell property for less after fire

Napa property owners sue PG&E, saying they had to sell for $3.5 million less after a fire broke out mid-escrow.

The former family owners of the historic Napa Soda Springs Resort property are suing PG&E for a second time after the "Old Fire" burned land they said was days from being sold to a developer for $28.5 million. They ended up selling for $3.5 million less.

Their attorney, Jeffrey J. Goodrich of Goodrich & Associates LLC, said in a phone interview Thursday, "It'll be pretty straightforward. The PG&E lawyers will come up with multiple defenses, but I don...

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