LA Fires
Oct. 20, 2026
Edison seeks to delay Eaton Fire trial as victims demand reckoning
Southern California Edison asked a Los Angeles judge to postpone the first Eaton Fire trial until June, citing discovery delays. Plaintiffs argued that thousands of displaced victims need compensation.
An attorney for Eaton Fire victims accused Southern California Edison on Monday of trying to delay an inevitable "reckoning" for the devastation caused by the 2025 wildfire, urging a Los Angeles judge to reject the utility's request to postpone the first trial.
"Frankly, this request is outrageous," Singleton Schreiber LLP partner Gerald Singleton told Superior Court Judge Laura A. Seigle. He argued that thousands of fire victims remain without homes and ca...
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