Torts/Personal Injury
Oct. 2, 2025
PG&E allowed to make its defenses in Dixie fires smoke case
A judge allowed PG&E to present defenses in a class action over toxic smoke from the 2021 Dixie Fire, as plaintiffs seek medical monitoring costs for exposed residents without current illness.
A San Francisco judge gave PG&E's defense a boost in a putative class action over claims tied to the 2021 Dixie fires the plaintiffs allege it caused. The lawsuit seeks to split out costs for medical monitoring of residents who breathed in toxic smoke from the larger coordinated proceedings over property damage.
Counsel for the plaintiffs had sought a demurrer and to strike portions of PG&E's answer to their complaint at a hearing Wednesday, but Superior Court Jud...
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