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LA Fires

Oct. 13, 2025

Palisades Fire defendant list grows to 12

The new master complaint adds telecommunications companies, government entities and a private museum to the list of claimed defendants for Los Angeles' worst fire.

Defendants in the first amended complaint filed July 10, 2025:

City of Los Angeles acting by and through the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: The complaint alleges that LADWP's electrical and water systems failed during the fire, contributing to ignition and worsening suppression efforts.

City of Los Angeles: The city is accused of maintaining numerous overgrown and abandoned lots that constituted a "dangerous condition of public property," violate...

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