Articles from Keller Rohrback LLP

In the ninth jury trial for wildfire survivors against PacifiCorp following the 2020 Labor Day Fires, a jury has awarded eleven plaintiffs a total of $56.1 million. This verdict follows a landmark class action verdict in 2023 that held PacifiCorp liable to the entire class of wildfire survivors who suffered losses. The sole question in the trials that have followed is survivors’ damages.

A fourth jury in Portland, Oregon has awarded approximately $50 million in compensation to 7 individual wildfire survivors, continuing the wave of jury verdicts awarding millions of dollars in damages to survivors against PacifiCorp for its role in the devastating 2020 Labor Day fires. The verdict includes an award to one business (for a total of eight plaintiffs). This verdict follows a historic jury verdict in 2023 that held PacifiCorp liable for causing the fires to a class of thousands of Oregonians who suffered losses. The sole question in this and subsequent trials is the damages to survivors, where verdicts to date are now nearly $270 million. Eight more trials are scheduled in the months ahead in 2025.