PG&E Hit With Class Action Over Camp Fire (1)

PG&E‘s negligent maintenance of its electrical infrastructure caused devastating property damage and economic loss to tens of thousands of victims of the Camp Fire, a class action filed Dec. 5 alleges.

The fire burned for 17 days over 150,000 acres of Northern California, damaging or destroying more than 14,000 homes and causing at least 88 deaths, the suit says.

The suit, filed in the California Superior Court for the County of San Francisco, alleges PG&E “knew that its infrastructure was aging, unsafe, and vulnerable to weather and environmental conditions.”

But it “failed to take preventative measures in the face ...