Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
May 10, 2021
Plaintiffs oppose SoCal Edison settlement protocol
Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger, who is presiding over the litigation, has stayed until the fall trials and discovery for all cases. Some lawyers say the protocol is unfair. They want Highberger to lift the stay for those who opt out of the protocol and let them proceed to trial this summer.
A group of plaintiffs are accusing Southern California Edison Co. of using a new settlement protocol to drive down the value of claims arising from the 2018 Woolsey wildfire that consumed a large swath of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Los Angeles County Judge William F. Highberger, who is presiding over the litigation, has stayed until the fall trials and discovery...
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