Electric Utility Co. Faces 3rd Class Trial Over Damage from Massive Wildfires, Watch Online via CVN
Feb 28, 2024
An Oregon state court jury heard opening statements Tuesday in the third trial in class action litigation stemming from widespread wildfires that plaintiffs blame on electric utility company PacifiCorp
Feb 27, 2024
This will be the third trial to determine damages stemming from the Labor Day fire. In the third Labor Day fire trial, 10 plaintiffs suffered damage to their houses after a windstorm in Oregon started fires that raged across the state. Plaintiffs ...
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Jan 10, 2024
An Oregon jury heard openings Tuesday in a class action trial to determine damages stemming from the widespread Labor Day fires of 2020.
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Jan 9, 2024
Second trial phase in lawsuit stemming from Labor Day fire in 2020.
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Phase 2 Of Class Action Trial Over Oregon’s Labor Day Wildfires Begins Monday, Watch Online via CVN
Jan 5, 2024
The second part of a class action trial to determine damages owed by electric utility PacifiCorp for massive wildfires over the Labor Day holiday in 2020 begins Monday in Oregon state court.
Jun 12, 2023
An Oregon state court jury found electric utility PacifiCorp liable on Monday for wildfires that destroyed or damaged numerous properties, awarding millions of dollars in a class action trial.
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Apr 26, 2023
Opening statements in a rare class action jury trial took place Tuesday in Oregon state court in a lawsuit accusing electric utility company PacifiCorp of responsibility for widespread wildfires that took place over the Labor Day holiday in 2020.
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Apr 25, 2023
In this trial, nine plaintiffs sue energy company PacifiCorp for their role in Oregon's fires on Labor Day of 2020. Representatives for the plaintiffs claim that PacifiCorp failed to appropriately deactivate portions of their power grid before a m...
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Class Action Trial Over Oregon’s ‘Labor Day Fires’ Begins Monday, Watch Gavel-to-Gavel via CVN
Apr 21, 2023
A class action lawsuit accusing Berkshire Hathaway-owned electric power company PacifiCorp of responsibility for widespread wildfires begins Monday in Oregon state court.
Jul 1, 2022
An Oregon jury handed down a $1.6 million verdict this week against R.J. Reynolds, after finding the tobacco company responsible for a long-time smoker’s death.
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Jun 8, 2022
In this tobacco trial, Richard Thorpe developed fatal lung cancer after smoking multiple packs of cigarettes a day for four decades. Thorpe's family sues R.J. Reynolds, claiming Reynolds produced and sold dangerous cigarettes. Attorneys for Thorpe...
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Feb 20, 2021
Jurors Friday afternoon cleared R.J. Reynolds of responsibility for the terminal lung cancer an Oregon woman developed after decades of smoking the company's cigarettes, concluding what is likely the first in-person, state court tobacco trial in n...
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