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Alex Robertson was interviewed by the Ventura County Star about the January and February 2020 trial dates for the Thomas and Woolsey Fires. You can read the article below:
https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/06/28/thomas-woolsey-fire-l... -
New article from the Ventura County Star article explaining what caused one of the largest wildfires in California. The Thomas Fire, according to this article, started when power lines sparked. These lines are owned by Southern California Edison. ... read entire article
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In December 2017, we alleged there were two origins of the Thomas Fire. In this video, filmed in January 2018, Alex Robertson explains our theory of the case. SCE just admitted that it was responsible for the Koenigstein Road origin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXsbxxx9ZBc&t=9s
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In an SEC filing, SCE admitted for the first time its electrical equipment was responsible for the Koegnigstein Road ignition. Attorney Joe Leibman from our team was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about SCE's disclosure. You can read the article here: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-... read entire article
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SCE and PG&E are lobbying for legislative changes in Sacramento, to lessen their liability for the 2017 wildfires and future ones. In particular, these investor-owned utilities (with market caps of over $20 billion) are spending substantial amounts fighting California’s current application of inverse condemnation to their culpability for wildfires. Currently, under inverse condemnation,... read entire article
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On October 3, 2018, the court denied SoCal Edison's request to have the court throw out the plaintiff's inverse condemnation claims. This is a huge win for the plaintiffs. Inverse condemnation is a strict liability claim, and merely requires proof that SoCal Edison's equipment caused the fire, and not proof of negligence. You can learn more about wildfire claims and damages in in the Q&A... read entire article
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PG&E and SCE are lobbying Sacramento to change California’s application of inverse condemnation law to investor-owned utilities. They are also trying to have California pass a bond measure that would require ratepayers to reimburse the bonds used to finance wildfire settlements.
Just yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown sent his proposal to amend California’s inverse condemnation law to... read entire article
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New news article explains how California's biggest utility companies were warned to do more to prevent power lines and equipment from starting fires. Read the entire article here.
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We are saddened to learn that a Cal Fire firefighter from San Diego died in a burnover while fighting the Thomas Fire on the eastern flank in Fillmore.
www.VenturaCountyFireLawsuit.com