Victims of Slater Fire open new lawsuit against PacifiCorp
The victims of the 2020 Slater Fire are suing the utility company that started the blaze. That’s after a tree allegedly hit a PacifiCorp power line and sparked the fire.
Source: klcc.org
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PG&E could be the first utility to access California's wildfire liability fund after starting Dixie Fire
California established the $21 billion liability fund in 2019 to help utilities cover the cost of major wildfires started by their equipment.
Source: capradio.org
School shootings in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Officials believe Friday's incident is the only deadly school shooting in Albuquerque Public Schools' history, though there was a fatal shooting at Manzano High School after school hours in 1976.…
Source: abqjournal.com
Fire Victim Trust's Oversight Committee responds to legislators' complaints about slow payouts and high administrative fees
The Trust Oversight Committee said some “inaccuracies from recent press reports” were included in a recent complaint letter concerning payments to survivors from several PG&E-caused fires.
Source: actionnewsnow.com
As PG&E Fire Victim Trust Racks Up $51 Million In Fees, Survivors Wait For Help
/ Retired U.S. Foreign Service officer Bill Cook lost his home in Paradise, Calif., during the Camp Fire, the 2018 blaze sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric Company equipment that ranks as the deadliest and most destructive fire in state history. Two and a half years later, Cook, 70, and his family are barely scraping by. Like Cook, the vast majority of the 67,000 PG&E fire victims included in a December 2019 settlement with the company have yet to see a dime. That's as lawyers and administrators have been paid millions, with the money coming directly from funds set aside to help survi...
Source: wprl.org