Electrical fires are a significant cause of property damage in the United States, often resulting in billions in property damage each year. Such fires can devastate homes, businesses, and lives, leaving victims to navigate a challenging aftermath. If you suspect that an electric utility company played a role in causing the fire that damaged your...
Wildfire
During today’s Red Flag wind event, a large fire spread rapidly in Ventura County’s Camarillo/Santa Paula area. The Mountain Fire started near the intersection of Balcom Canyon Road and Bradley Road. We are investigating whether Southern California Edison was involved in starting the Mountain Fire. SoCal Edison was found to have violated General Order 95,...
As of today, multiple wildfires are actively burning across California. With more than 30 years of wildfire litigation experience, the team at Danko Meredith Fire Lawyers is always monitoring active fires in California. We have represented thousands of people who have lost their homes to fires caused by others’ negligent or reckless behavior. We practice...
PG&E faces accountability for the destruction of seasonal cabins along Chester Warner Valley Road due to the Dixie Fire. The fire, sparked by PG&E equipment, has triggered claims under inverse condemnation, requiring PG&E to compensate owners for property losses regardless of whether the cabins were used seasonally or year-round. Private landowners in the region affected...
“A veteran of legal fights with PG&E, lawyer, Danko said the latest fire appears to be another effect of poor decisions made by company executives years ago. ‘PG&E right now is definitely still, without question, a work in progress,’ Danko said. ‘We’re still suffering the fallout from a long history of very bad management. […]...
When PG&E’s electrical lines ignite a wildfire, resulting in damage to private property, the legal doctrine of inverse condemnation mandates that PG&E compensate for these losses, regardless of whether it was at fault. In California, inverse condemnation provides property owners with recourse when their property rights are adversely affected by government or public utility actions....
The Army Corps has begun Phase 2 of efforts to clean up the Maui Fires mess. Phase 1 involved removing toxic materials and other public health and safety hazards. A difference between Phase 1 and Phase 2 is that in Phase 2, officials must obtain permission to step onto each lot that they want to...
Because we’ve represented thousands of fire survivors, we are familiar with the agonizing journey that starts when someone loses everything in a fire. One day things are normal, and the next, nothing is the same. Fire victims usually come to us in “survival mode.” Overwhelmed by feelings of loss and helplessness, those who have lost...