SoCal Edison Utility Equipment May Be Source of Massive San Gabriel Mountains Bobcat Fire

As one of the largest fires in Los Angeles County history reaches 38% containment, Federal investigators are examining evidence provided by SoCal Edison relating to a power transmission facility in the area where the Bobcat Fire started over two weeks ago. According to the utility, SCE equipment near the reported start of the fire, close

2020-09-23T14:21:15+00:00September 23rd, 2020|Fires & Burn Injuries|

2015, 2017, 2018 Northern California Fire Victims Trust Now Fully Funded – July 1st, 2020

The PG&E Fire Victim Trust announced today that it has been funded effective today. The Trust received the Fire Victim Trust settlement proceeds from PG&E which includes 476,995,175 shares of PG&E Common Stock and the first installment of cash funding of $5.385 billion ($5.4 billion reduced by previous court-ordered advances of $15 million) in accordance

2020-07-01T14:50:24+00:00July 1st, 2020|Fires & Burn Injuries, Personal Injury|

Northern California Wildfire Lawsuits Update: Bankruptcy Court Approves PG&E Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan

A U.S. bankruptcy judge has approved Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s $59 billion reorganization plan, resolving a turbulent bankruptcy that started when the nation’s largest utility sparked a series of wildfires that killed more than 100 people, leveled entire California communities, and led it to plead guilty to over 80 separate counts of involuntary manslaughter.

2020-06-22T12:17:03+00:00June 22nd, 2020|Fires & Burn Injuries, Personal Injury|

PG&E Will Plead Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter Over Deaths in 2018 Camp Fire

Second set of criminal convictions in just five years places PG&E among the most criminally-convicted companies in US history As reported by The San Francisco Chronicle, Pacific Gas and Electricity Co. (PG&E) has agreed to plead guilty to 85 felony counts for its role in the 2018 Camp Fire, California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire

2020-03-23T12:46:31+00:00March 23rd, 2020|Fires & Burn Injuries, Personal Injury|

Northern California Wildfire Victims Secure PG&E Agreement to Provide $13.5 Billion in Compensation for Fire Victims

Victims Must File Claims Before December 31, 2019 Court Deadline San Francisco, CA, December 6, 2019 — The Official Tort Claimants Committee (“TCC”), representing fire victims and other tort claimants in Pacific Gas & Electric’s (“PG&E”) bankruptcy reorganization, announce an agreement with PG&E to provide $13.5 billion in compensation for the fire victims and other

2019-12-07T07:30:48+00:00December 7th, 2019|Fires & Burn Injuries, Personal Injury|

NorCal WILDFIRE CLAIMS ALERT: October 21st Deadline Fast Approaching for 2017 and 2018 Northern California Wildfire Victims to File Claims Against PG&E

Only three days remain before the October 21st claim filing deadline for victims of wildfires caused by PG&E power lines in 2017 and 2018.  As reported by the Napa Valley Register, a grassroots group of Northern California fire victims held a press conference on the two-year anniversary of the first of the North Bay fires

2019-10-18T12:37:33+00:00October 18th, 2019|Fires & Burn Injuries|

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