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LA Fires,
Civil Litigation

Mar. 18, 2025

Judge orders Edison to expedite release of fire investigation footage

Attorneys for plaintiffs in the Eaton Fire litigation accused Southern California Edison of delaying the release of crucial inspection footage of a transmission tower near the fire's suspected origin. A Los Angeles judge sided with plaintiffs, ordering Edison to provide the data on a rolling basis.

Judge orders Edison to expedite release of fire investigation footage
Douglas Dixon PHOTO: Hueston Hennigan LLP

Plaintiffs' attorneys in the Eaton Fire litigation said on Monday that Southern California Edison wishes to delay the production of photographs and video footage that its technicians will record when they inspect an energy transmission tower near the suspected fire origin.

"We have met and conferred with Edison, and we are at an impasse with respect to what you just referred to, the production of evidence to us," Howard D. Maycon began. Maycon is the office managing ...

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