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PacifiCorp’s legal troubles over the 2020 Labor Day fires have reached a fever pitch as damages trials and settlements ramp up, and lawmakers consider consumer protections for wildfire suits. For continuing coverage of 2020 wildfire […]
The fate of a class action lawsuit against PacifiCorp over the 2020 Labor Day fires will be argued before the Oregon Court of Appeals in February as the lower court prepares for accelerated trials. On […]
The latest trial against PacifiCorp over the 2020 wildfires has resulted in $60.7 million in awards to 10 fire survivors as the case moves toward an accelerated trials phase in February. On Dec. 10, jurors […]
Suit settled – Power Motorsports settles Sea-Doo death lawsuit Sublimity-based Power Motorsports is among defendants who have settled a wrongful death lawsuit over a young boy killed in a Sea-Doo collision in Sweet Home in 2020. […]
Plaintiff attorneys in a wildfire lawsuit against PacifiCorp have highlighted the company’s alleged misconduct in their response to PacifiCorp’s appeal of jury awards in the case. In a formal response filed Aug. 22 to an […]
An eighth damages trial is soon to begin in an ongoing wildfire lawsuit against PacifiCorp, including claims from a plaintiff originally set for trial in March but who died in January. On July 7 a […]
A Portland jury has awarded $49.7 million to 10 fire survivors in the latest trial in a class action lawsuit against PacifiCorp. A similar trial for another ten survivors starts June 2. On May 21 […]
A state bill that would allow construction of a regional sewer plant in the Santiam Canyon has passed the Oregon House and may soon be signed into law by Gov. Tina Kotek. On April 23, […]
PacifiCorp has filed an opening brief in its appeal of a class action lawsuit over the 2020 wildfires, arguing hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments are invalid due to court errors. On April 1, […]
A new damages trial in a wildfire lawsuit against PacifiCorp began as planned March 24 despite a request for delay by the company after a state report cast doubt on PacifiCorp’s liability. The report, published […]