Torts/Personal Injury
Nov. 14, 2025
Discovery fight escalates as judge mulls referee in PG&E case
A San Francisco judge threatened to appoint a discovery referee as PG&E and the plaintiff traded accusations of discovery abuse, including alleged withholding of 10,000 documents, during a contentious wrongful-death lawsuit hearing.
A judge threatened to impose a discovery referee in a wrongful death lawsuit against PG&E during a hearing Thursday in which the plaintiff's attorneys had asked for terminating sanctions and a $70,000 monetary sanction. They accuse the utility of refusing to produce 10,000 documents.
An attorney for PG&E, Blanca F. Young of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, said in court filings that the plaintiff's request for terminating sanctions effectively asked for a $300 milli...
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