Punitive damages add to mounting costs for PacifiCorp's role in 2020 wildfires
Two days after jurors in Multnomah County found that the utility PacifiCorp was to blame for wildfires in 2020, they ordered the company to pay punitive damages.
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Two days after jurors in Multnomah County found that the utility PacifiCorp was to blame for wildfires in 2020, they ordered the company to pay punitive damages.
An Oregon jury on Monday found the utility PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, liable in a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit over four of the wildfires that devastated the state in 2020.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Oregon on Monday found the electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day weekend in 2020, ordering the company to pay tens of millions of dollars to 17 homeowners who sued and finding it liable for broader damages that could push the total award into […]
A jury in Oregon has found the electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day weekend in 2020, ordering the company to pay tens of millions of dollars to 17 homeowners who sued and finding it liable for broader damages that could push the total award well into the billions
A jury in Oregon found an electric company responsible for the devastating fires during Labor Day weekend in 2020 and ordered it to pay tens of millions of dollars to homeowners. Plaintiffs alleged PacifiCorp failed to shut off power during a windstorm.