In mid-September 2020 wildfires broke out in Northern Oregon, destroying numerous commercial and residential buildings. Credit: Victoria/Adobe Stock 'Start at Zero': PacifiCorp Protests Wildfire Damages in 3rd Class Trial
A third trial opened on Tuesday involving a class action brought against PacifiCorp on behalf of 5,000 survivors of wildfires in Oregon over Labor Day 2020.
February 27, 2024 at 05:28 PM
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What You Need to Know
- Edelson's Nicholas Rosinia represents nine class members who survived three wildfires, plus a camp for people with disabilities that burned to the ground.
- PacifiCorp attorney Alison Plessman, of Hueston Hennigan, told jurors that the plaintiffs' request for at least $5 million each was 'arbitrary.'
- Another trial is set for April 22 before Multnomah Circuit Court Judge Steffan Alexander in Portland, Oregon.
A third class action trial began Tuesday in Oregon against electricity provider PacifiCorp over a series of wildfires that ravaged the state over Labor Day weekend in 2020.
"You get to decide how to compensate the survivors of PacifiCorp's fires," Chicago-based Edelson partner Nicholas Rosinia told jurors in Portland in his opening statement, according to coverage of the trial by Courtroom View Network. "You get to hold PacifiCorp accountable for what it's done."
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