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
NPR (January, 24 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. “We … Continued
Salem Statesman Journal ( January 24, 2024) – A Portland jury on Tuesday awarded nine survivors of Oregon’s 2020 Labor Day fires a total of $85 million in the latest court case against utility PacifiCorp. The award came after a “mini-trial” that lasted a little more than two weeks and was the first in a … Continued
KGW (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. “We … Continued
Business Wire (January 24, 2024) – A jury in Portland, Oregon awarded approximately $84 million in compensation from PacifiCorp to nine survivors of the fires that swept across Oregon on Labor Day 2020. The verdict, which consisted of $6 million in economic and $56 million in non-economic damages, translates to an award of more than … Continued
