The complaints allege the utility failed to de-energize its power lines, which allowed the electrical equipment to spark the massive blaze near Pasadena on Jan. 7.
At least four lawsuits were filed Monday morning against Southern California Edison in connection with the Eaton Fire.
The L.A.-area fires may pose the first big test of California’s wildfire fund, which was set up in 2019 to protect utilities from bankruptcy.
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.
The family of an Eaton fire victim is suing Southern California Edison for wrongful death, alleging that the utility company's negligence is to blame for the devastating blaze that killed 59-year-old Evelyn McClendon.
Southern California Edison, a unit of utility firm Edison International, on Monday was sued on claims that its electrical equipment started one of the major wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area, according to court filings.
Edison International Inc.’s southern California utility faces lawsuits blaming the energy provider’s equipment for igniting one of the wildfires still raging in the second-largest US metropolis.
Southern California Edison, a unit of utility firm Edison International ... with properties destroyed by the Eaton Fire in the Pasadena area. The lawsuit is on behalf of a group of homeowners ...
The law firm Edelson PC filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday on behalf of a former FedEx worker, Evangeline Iglesias, who lost her home in the Eaton Fire that broke out just outside Los Angeles last Tuesday, killing 16 people and destroying approximately 7,000 structures in Altadena and Pasadena.
Multiple lawsuits have been filed on behalf of Eaton Fire victims that claim equipment owned by Southern California Edison sparked the deadly blaze. The lawsuits were filed Monday in Los Angeles
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(Reuters) -Southern California Edison, a unit of utility firm Edison ... others with properties destroyed by the Eaton Fire in the Pasadena area. The Eaton Fire in the foothills east of Los ...