Deadliest Corporate Crime in U.S. Will End With 84 Guilty Pleas

On Tuesday, PG&E Corp. will plead guilty 84 separate times to involuntary manslaughter -- the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history.

That admission in a California courtroom will mark the end of one portion of the power company’s legal travails after its equipment sparked the largest wildfire in state history, consuming the town of Paradise. Many who lost loved ones or homes to the 2018 conflagration may not find much comfort in the utility paying a $4 million fine.

But for some, a small measure of justice will come from witnessing PG&E’s comeuppance in court.

“It doesn’t bring my daughter ...