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Torts/Personal Injury

Aug. 7, 2025

Judge remands Moss Landing fire lawsuit to state court

Oakland judge sends Moss Landing battery fire case back to state court after rejecting claims that PG&E and Granite were improperly named to defeat federal jurisdiction.

An Oakland federal judge sent a mass tort lawsuit over the Jan. 16 "thermal runaway" fire at Moss Landing Power Plant back to state court, rejecting the energy company's claims that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Granite Construction Inc. were improperly named as defendants to defeat federal jurisdiction.

The hundreds of nearby residents accuse Vistra Corp., PG&E, LG Energy Solution and Granite Construction, the company that helped retrofit the facility, of cau...

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