Environmental & Energy
Dec. 2, 2019
Inverse condemnation still applies to PG&E, bankruptcy judge confirms
The Pacific Gas & Electric Co. lost its bid to offset some of its mounting financial culpabilities in the midst of its bankruptcy by fighting a stringent liability doctrine which could largely affect its wildfire damage estimation proceedings.
The Pacific Gas & Electric Co. lost its bid to offset some of its mounting financial culpabilities in the midst of its bankruptcy by fighting a stringent liability doctrine which could largely affect its wildfire damage estimation proceedings.
Unwilling to disrupt other courts' rulings that have privately owned public utilities can be liable under inverse condemnation, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
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