Law360 (February 11, 2025)– A victim of the recent devastating Eaton Fire in Altadena has told a California state judge that Southern California Edison and its attorneys should face sanctions for allegedly concealing efforts to reenergize electrical transmission lines while the blaze was still burning last month. The argument came in a reply brief filed … Continued

Law.com (February 11, 2025)– Plaintiffs’ firm Edelson PC has threatened sanctions against Southern California Edison and its lawyers for re-energizing transmission lines… Read more here.

Bloomberg Law News (February 11, 2025)– Edison International‘s Southern California utility likely damaged key evidence of its power lines in Eaton Canyon, even as its lawyers told a state judge in Los Angeles the evidence was being preserved, lawyers suing the utility said.   A regulatory filing revealed that transmission lines in Eaton Canyon were … Continued

Los Angeles Times (February 11, 2025)– Attorneys representing several Altadena residents who lost homes in the Eaton fire are asking a judge to sanction Southern California Edison, alleging that, by secretly re-energizing transmission lines, the utility may have altered key evidence showing how the deadly fire started. “SCE altered the very transmission lines in Eaton … Continued

Los Angeles Times (Jan 21, 2025) –A judge ordered Southern California Edison to preserve data, equipment and evidence about the origins of the Eaton fire. Several homeowners have sued the utility company, alleging its equipment may have sparked the blaze. A judge on Tuesday ordered Southern California Edison to preserve data, equipment and evidence related … Continued

Reuters (January 17, 2025)– The mother of a woman who was killed the Los Angeles-area Eaton Fire on Friday sued Southern California Edison in what may be the first death-related case brought against the electric utility in connection with the disaster. Multiple fires that began to burn and quickly spread across Los Angeles in strong Santa Ana … Continued

USA Today (January 13, 2025) — A Southern California woman who lost her house in the wildfires devastating the area says a local utility company sparked the inferno that turned her longtime home into cinders, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Evangeline Iglesias says the utility, Southern California Edison, failed to shut down its power equipment despite strong warnings, resulting … Continued

LA Times (January 12, 2025) — As officials try to determine the cause of a wildfire that has burned an estimated 7,000 structures in and around Altadena, investigators keep returning to one place: an electrical transmission tower in Eaton Canyon. The once-lush hillside has been charred by flames spread by intense winds from the open … Continued

Law360 (January 13, 2025) — Southern California Edison was hit with multiple lawsuits by Altadena fire victims in California state court Monday, accusing the investor-owned public utility of negligently managing power-line equipment that on Jan. 7 purportedly sparked the Eaton Fire, which has already damaged over 7,000 structures and killed at least 16 individuals.SoCal Edison … Continued