Civil Litigation,
Environmental & Energy,
Real Estate/Development
Oct. 18, 2022
1st lawsuit filed over Fairview Fire in eastern Riverside County
The fire began Sept. 5 and burned for 17 days, consuming 28,300 acres, destroying 36 structures and killing two people.
Singleton Schreiber filed the first lawsuit accusing Southern California Edison of causing the Fairview Fire east of Hemet in Riverside County last month that killed two people.
“The field report that Edison filed with the Public Utilities Commission was indicative of powerline cause,” plaintiff attorney Gerald B. Singleton said in a phone interview. “So we sent our experts out. They made the same conclusion that it was likely powerline eq...
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