LA Fires
May 7, 2025
Judge orders damages discovery to start in Eaton Fire case
Judge orders phased damages discovery for Eaton Fire plaintiffs, balancing urgency against incomplete claims, setting deadlines from January to March 2026 despite objections.
The trial court judge presiding over the Eaton Fire litigation ordered the plaintiffs on Tuesday to begin damages discovery.
Judge Laura A. Seigle made her ruling near the end of a spirited case management conference in which the plaintiffs' counsel attempted to put off damages discovery, and the defendant's counsel attempted to start that process relatively quickly.
Seigle ordered one-third of individual plaintiffs related to the lead case as of Tuesday to submi...
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