Jury holds PacifiCorp accountable for 2020 Oregon wildfires, awards millions in damages.
TL;DR
PacifiCorp has been found liable for causing four of the Labor Day wildfires in 2020 that burned a combined 2,500 properties and upended countless lives in the Santiam Canyon, Lincoln City area, and southern Oregon. The 12-person jury found PacifiCorp negligent on all major counts, including gross negligence, for causing the Santiam, Echo Mountain, 242, and South Obenchain fires after a seven-week class action trial against Oregon’s second-largest utility at Multnomah County Courthouse. PacifiCorp could be ordered to pay even more by the time the second phase is completed.
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- Oregon jury finds PacifiCorp utility responsible for causing devastating 2020 wildfires in civil lawsuit KOIN.com
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