Fire Victim Trust filed a lawsuit against nearly two dozen former executives and board members of PG&E for their role in causing the 2017 North Bay Fires and the 2018 Camp Fire.
A trust responsible for paying victims of Northern California wildfires in 2017 and 2018 sued nearly two dozen former PG&E executives, who could be liable for hundreds of millions of dollars.
In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, photo, homes are seen leveled by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger,File)
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) Seeking to boost a multibillion-dollar trust for paying Northern California wildfire victims, a retired judge overseeing the fund sued 22 former Pacific Gas and Electric Co. board members and executives Wednesday.
“It is our duty to hold accountable the prior officers and directors who grossly neglected to do their jobs in the lead-up to the North Bay Fires and the Camp Fire,” retired Justice John K. Trotter said in a statement Wednesday.
Fire Victim Trust Sues California Utility Executives for Causing Wildfires February 24, 2021
The Fire Victim Trust has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court against certain former officers and directors of PG&E Corp. and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for their role in causing the catastrophic 2017 North Bay Fires and the 2018 Camp Fire.
The Fire Victim Trust retained the right to bring suit as part of the 2020 settlement between the fire victims and PG&E.
The lawsuit,
John Trotter, Trustee of the PG&E Fire Victim Trust v. Lewis Chew, et al., San Francisco Superior, alleges that the wildfires were a direct result of the defendants’ breach of their fiduciary duties to act in the best interests of PG&E. The North Bay Fires and Camp Fire killed over 100 people, injured many more, and damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of homes.