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….