Tag: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)

Report: Bankruptcy legal costs reach $84 million for PG&E

Legal costs associated with Northern California wildfires and a natural gas explosion total $84 million, based on a January bankruptcy filing, according to court filings reviewed by The Recorder. “Four outside law firms have billed Pacific Gas and… Read More

Amid forest fire claims, PG&E files for bankruptcy

Pacific Gas and Electric Corp has filed for bankruptcy, a legal proceeding that could deny forest fire victims compensation. “California’s largest utility, facing up to $30 billion in potential liability for recent California wildfires, filed for Chapter 11… Read More

Law Firms Eager to Solicit Victims of California Fires

Where there’s smoke, there are lawyers. From the Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, Calif., comes a wry acknowledgement that the record-setting wildfires that devastated California’s wine country set the table for a legal feeding frenzy. “After the limitless… Read More