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Retired judge joins lawsuit against LA utility after losing Palisades home
A retired federal judge who oversaw wildfire settlements joined a lawsuit against LADWP after losing his Pacific Palisades ...
Holocaust survivor, ex-Navy pilot among seniors suing L.A. over Palisades fire damage
A group of senior citizens suing the city of L.A. over the Palisades fire includes a 93-year-old woman who escaped the ...
Judge who oversaw Camp fire settlement with PG&E now suing LA’s Department of Water and Power after losing home to Palisades blaze
The lawsuit, filed against the LADWP, focuses on empty reservoirs in the Palisades at the time of the fire and alleges that ...
LADWP argues it can’t be sued for lack of water to fight Palisades fire
The quasi-independent agency cites a 1911 court ruling in California that says that, absent a contract, utilities aren’t ...
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Judge who oversaw Camp fire settlement now suing LADWP after losing home to Palisades blaze
Gandhi joins a suit filed on Jan. 13, which now represents more than 750 fire ... hydrants in Pacific Palisades failed after three (3) tanks each holding one million gallons of water went dry ...
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Palisades Fire victims form volunteer fire brigade as they work to rebuild their community
Months after thousands of homes in their community were destroyed by the Palisades Fire, some Pacific Palisades residents ... No pressure in the hydrants, not any water in the reservoir," Pollak ...
Orange County Register11d
LADWP argues it can’t be sued for lack of water to fight Palisades fire
In that case, the landowner had a contract with one water district to supply water to fire hydrants on his property ... states the reservoir for the Pacific Palisades area was built specifically ...