Los Angeles Times (April 10, 2025)– Kathleen Jordan, her husband and young daughter, consider themselves fortunate. They not only managed to flee to safety from the Eaton fire, but the family’s Altadena home somehow escaped the flames, even though their chicken coop and detached storage units burned, like many homes on their street. But three … Continued
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
Nearly $25 Million Verdict Follows Landmark Court Ruling Finding High 5 Games Operated an Illegal Gambling Business Tacoma, WA (February 7, 2025) – A jury has delivered the first-ever verdict against an online “social casino,” ruling that High 5 Games must pay $24,940,366.15 in damages to a class of Washington consumers who lost money to … Continued
Fourth Jury Verdict Brings Total Awards to About $270M For 44 Plaintiffs, with Eight More Trials Scheduled in 2025 Portland, Oregon (February 7, 2025) – A fourth jury in Portland, Oregon has awarded approximately $50 million in compensation to 7 individual wildfire survivors, continuing the wave of jury verdicts awarding millions of dollars in damages … 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 in 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 … 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
