A USA Today article reports that, Fires, high winds, and rain have culminated to form deadly mudslides that have devastated parts of southern California. The mudslides have leveled homes and several fatalities have been reported.
Who’s Responsible For Maintaining Hazardous Conditions To Power Lines?
Today’s question comes from Tom M. in the Excelsior District who asks, “My parents own a home in Santa Rosa. It burned down in the fires last week. I have heard that PG&E may have known that there were dead branches or sparking transformers and that they didn’t care for their lines and that may have started the fire. What is my parent’s recourse if this is true.”