Seeking Alpha (January 23, 2024) – PacifiCorp, an electric utility owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B), was ordered by an Oregon jury to pay at least $62M to nine survivors of the Labor Day 2020 wildfires that swept through the state. The jury in Portland, where PacifiCorp is based, awarded the homeowners nearly … Continued
Law360 (January 23, 2024) – PacifiCorp must pay at least $62 million in compensatory damages to nine people who fled their homes in a Labor Day 2020 fire outbreak, a Portland, Oregon, jury found Tuesday, … Read More Here
Law.com (January 23,2024) -An Oregon jury, in a rare class trial, awarded more than $62 million Tuesday to victims of the wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020. The trial, held at the Multnomah Circuit Court, is the second in a class action of residents and businesses with property the wildfires damaged. Jurors awarded nearly … Continued
Blooomberg (January 23, 2024) – A jury ordered a Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. unit to pay nine homeowners at least $62 million for failing to prevent some Oregon wildfires in 2020, including $9 million for a man who jumped off a cliff into a river to escape the flames that destroyed his home. Adding to … Continued
Axios (January 23,2024) – A jury in Portland, Oregon, determined Tuesday that PacifiCorp, an electric utility owned by billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, should pay $62 million plus other costs to nine survivors of the Labor Day 2020 wildfires that swept the state. The big picture: A PacifiCorp spokesperson said the utility intended to appeal … Continued
Associated Press (January 23, 2024) – An Oregon jury awarded $85 million Tuesday to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility PacifiCorp on the hook for billions of dollars over its liability for the deadly blazes. … Continued
Law.com ( January 31,2024) – 23andMe Inc. will participate in an early mediation on Jan. 31 to resolve more than 35 class actions brought over its data breach, but not all plaintiffs’ lawyers are on board. The mediation, to be held at a Westin hotel in Napa, California, will include most of the plaintiffs’ firms … Continued
Reuters (January 30,2024) – Attorneys for genetic testing company 23andMe are scheduled to gather on Wednesday in a Napa Valley hotel conference room with about 20 lawyers who have filed class actions accusing the company of allowing ultrasensitive genetic information to be hacked and put up for sale on the dark web. 23andMe (ME.O), says, … Continued
The New York Times (January 24, 2024) – A jury in Portland, Ore., awarded $85 million on Tuesday to nine people who had losses from wildfires that devastated communities and burned millions of acres in September 2020. The verdict is the latest development against the electric utility company PacifiCorp over its responsibility for the fires. … Continued
The Oregonian (January 23,2024) – A Multnomah County jury on Tuesday slapped PacifiCorp with a $62 million verdict for its negligence in the 2020 wildfires, marking the latest financial hit to Oregon’s second-largest utility. The verdict comes on the heels of a $90 million judgment against the company last summer for the same wildfires. Only … Continued
