A number of myths are causing victims to delay bringing a Dixie Fire claim against PG&E or, even worse, to think they don’t have a claim. Myth No. 1: PG&E is Bankrupt Not true. Pacific Gas and Electric Company and its parent corporation, PG&E, filed for bankruptcy in 2019 following the massive 2018 Camp Fire…

The Dixie Fire, caused by malfunctioning PG&E equipment, has damaged over 1,500 square miles of land in Northern California including the communities of Chester, Susanville, and Greenville. Self-employed small business owners ask us about the damages that they can claim in a legal action against PG&E. A sole proprietorship is unique in that business operations…

The damage to forested property doesn’t stop when the fire is put out. Rather, the property often continues to deteriorate, especially during the first winter following a wildfire such as the Dixie Fire.  The land will look in the spring much different than it looks now. So will the surviving trees, roads, and community infrastructure. …

The overwhelming majority of the nearly one million acres burned by the Dixie Fire so far has been forest land. To those from outside the area, a burned forest equates to no damages.  But to anyone who has spent any time the area, it’s clear that the trees lost to the Dixie Fire hold great…