Some fire survivors to receive 30% of their claim from Fire Victim Trust on Monday
A 25-minute video interview with Fire Victim Trust Administrator Cathy Yanni has been added to this story, explaining some of the nuts and bolts of the unprecedented wildfire settlement.
Posted: Mar 12, 2021 2:21 PM
Updated: Mar 13, 2021 11:10 AM
Posted By: Deb Anderaos and Lorraine Dechter
Updated 10:45 a.m. Saturday, Mar. 13, 2021 - A 25-minute video interview with Fire Victim Trust Administrator Cathy Yanni has been added to this story, explaining some of the nuts and bolts of the unprecedented wildfire settlement. Action News Now Digital Content Producer Lorraine Dechter spoke with Yanni on Friday afternoon, taking a deep dive into the progress on preliminary payments and pro-rata payments for multiple Northern California fire settlements from the Fire Victim Trust (set up after PG&E s bankruptcy).
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Fire Victim Trust filed a lawsuit against nearly two dozen former executives and board members of PG&E for their role in causing the 2017 North Bay Fires and the 2018 Camp Fire.
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A trust responsible for paying victims of Northern California wildfires in 2017 and 2018 sued nearly two dozen former PG&E executives, who could be liable for hundreds of millions of dollars.
In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, photo, homes are seen leveled by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger,File)
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) Seeking to boost a multibillion-dollar trust for paying Northern California wildfire victims, a retired judge overseeing the fund sued 22 former Pacific Gas and Electric Co. board members and executives Wednesday.
“It is our duty to hold accountable the prior officers and directors who grossly neglected to do their jobs in the lead-up to the North Bay Fires and the Camp Fire,” retired Justice John K. Trotter said in a statement Wednesday.