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- Forty Oregon vineyards and wineries filed a $102 million lawsuit on Friday against PacifiCorp and its Pacific Power electric utility for alleged negligence in sparking the 2020 wildfires that caused smoke damage to grapes.
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Jun 12, 2023 · A jury found the utility caused substantial damage and emotional suffering to 17 plaintiffs whose properties burned in four fires. The verdict could open the door for thousands of others to sue PacifiCorp for the fires, which the company blamed on climate change and forest management.
Jun 15, 2023 · Electric utility PacifiCorp could be on the hook for billions of dollars in damages. It's been found liable for its role in Oregon's most destructive wildfire season on record in 2020.
Feb 26, 2024 · Updated 3:01 PM PDT, February 26, 2024. The U.S. government is threatening to sue PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, to recover nearly $1 billion in costs related to the 2020 wildfires in southern Oregon and northern California, though the company is trying to negotiate a settlement.
Jun 12, 2023 · June 12 (Reuters) - An Oregon jury on Monday found the utility PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N), liable in a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit over four of...
Jun 14, 2023 · Published 1:25 PM PDT, June 14, 2023. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday ordered the electric utility PacifiCorp to pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020 — on top of an earlier verdict already expected to amount to billions of dollars.
In a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, PacifiCorp announced it has reached a $250 million settlement with 10 timber companies to resolve a lawsuit they brought...
Jan 24, 2024 · PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon jury awarded $85 million Tuesday to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility PacifiCorp on the hook for billions of dollars over its liability for the deadly blazes.
