The CPUC seeks greater oversight over PG&E’s safety practices after finding that PG&E is not properly prioritizing the electrical lines that need tree trimming. KRONTV4 asks Mike Danko what it means.
California Personal Injury Law Case Notes
Information and Insights surrounding the Law and the Rights of Accident Victims and their Families
California Personal Injury Law Case Notes, published by Danko Meredith, focuses on personal injury law with an emphasis on cases and issues relevant to California and Hawaii. The blog covers topics such as personal injury claims arising from car and truck accidents, wrongful death, bicycle accidents, and utility fires. It also addresses legal concerns related to wildfire damages, including property loss, emotional distress, and insurance claims. Additionally, the blog discusses product liability issues, such as injuries and deaths linked to full-face snorkel masks, and consumer protection topics like price gouging during emergencies. The content aims to inform readers about legal rights and remedies in personal injury and disaster-related contexts.
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PG&E at Fault for Kincade Fire
By Mike Danko
KRONTV asks about the Cal Fire’s new report blaming PG&E for the Kincade Fire. I talk the possibility of further criminal charges against PG&E and how Cal Fire’s findings may affect victims waiting to be compensated for the Butte, North…
CNBC Asks About What Lies Ahead for PG&E and Our Clients
By Mike Danko
CNBC asked me and Governor Newsom about PG&E’s future.
PG&E hopes to exit bankruptcy by June 30. It’s plan calls for $13.5 billion to be set aside for its victims to make claims against. The trouble is, if PG&E can’t…
FAQ’s About the PG&E Bankruptcy Settlement
By Mike Danko
What does the settlement mean?
The settlement is an agreed-upon plan for ending the bankruptcy. If the settlement is approved, PG&E will fund a trust for Wildfire victims and certain public entities, for $13.5 Billion. All victims’ claims against PG&E…
Pat Thurston Show: PG&E Fires, the CPUC, PG&E’s Bankruptcy and More
By Mike Danko
KGO’s Pat Thurston asked me about the Kincade Fire, the Camp Fire, the North Bay Fires, the PG&E Bankruptcy, the CPUC, and more. We took calls and she asked me to stay for a second hour.
PG&E Power Safety Shut-Offs: How’d We Get Here
By Mike Danko
KRON4’s Sanaz Tahernia asks me how we got into this situation, how long will it last, and what can be done about it. (14 minutes.)
New York Times Highlights How PG&E’s Bankruptcy Strategy Will Reward Shareholders and Shortchange Fire Victims Who Don’t Act
By Mike Danko
I told the New York Times that PG&E filed bankruptcy not because it needed to but because it wanted to “use the bankruptcy rules to their benefit to limit their liability to victims.” And they have it as front page…
California Court of Appeal Upholds $9.5 Million Crosswalk Verdict
By Mike Danko
Opinion Rejects Common Caltrans Defense Strategy
Chris Chandler was killed as he crossed busy El Camino Real in a marked crosswalk. We argued at trial that Caltrans should have known that the crosswalk was dangerous because of an accident that…
PG&E Bankruptcy: Understanding the Wildfire Survivors’ Motion for “Relief from Stay”
By Mike Danko
What’s today’s “motion for relief from stay” all about?
The dispute about PG&E’s total liabilities.
When it filed bankruptcy, PG&E said its liabilities as a result of the 2017 and 2018 wildfires totaled at least $30 billion. Yet, PG&E now…
Deadline for PG&E Fire Survivors
By Mike Danko
PG&E now accepts responsibility for the Camp Fire. PG&E says that it wants to pay claimants for what they’ve been through, and that it wants to set aside $14 billion for that purpose. But here’s the catch: in order to…