Our team of attorneys have filed a Tubbs fire lawsuit on behalf of victims of the Tubbs Fire alleging that PG&E’s failure to update aging infrastructure and maintain trees near its power lines caused the fires. The fire lawsuits seek money in excess of what is already covered by insurance. We also assist our clients with home insurance & personal property inventories.
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Did PG&E Cause the Tubbs Fire?
Our complaint alleges that PG&E was negligent in maintaining its equipment, which ultimately caused the Tubbs Fire. According to the complaint, Cal Fire reported that the origin of the Tubbs Fire was at or near the intersection of Highway 127 and Bennett Lane, Calistoga California. Cal Fire also reported that the fire started on Sunday October 8, 2017 around 9:45 p.m.
The complaint describes contemporaneous calls and reports that indicated a number of problems with PG&E electrical equipment, including trees hitting PG&E electrical lines, around the same time and place that the Tubbs Fire started. At least ten calls allegedly reported electrical problems, transformer explosions, transformer fires, arcing transformers, downed power lines, arcing power lines, or flames in trees. For example, one call described in the complaint reported a PG&E transformer explosion at approximately 9:24 p.m. Another call at 9:58 p.m. allegedly reported downed power lines. PG&E’s website for electrical outages also reported two outages very near the origin of the Tubbs Fire.
Cal Fire, the state agency responsible for fire protection in California, has not yet released its findings on the cause of the Tubbs Fire. According to a spokesman for Cal Fire quoted in the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, there is no timeline for the Cal Fire report into the fire.
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We are an experienced Bay Area legal team that represents homeowners, renters and businesses affected by the 2017 Tubbs fires. Our attorneys have been appointed by California judges to serve in leadership roles in several large, coordinated fire and disaster cases, including in the 2017 PG&E Fire Cases, San Bruno Explosion and Butte Fire cases. Collectively we have more experience taking on PG&E than any other law firm in California.
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Our team of lawyers has been widely-recognized for the quality of our work and achievements:
- Trial Lawyer of the Year, San Mateo Trial Lawyers Association (Mike Danko)
- Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California, Daily Journal (Eric Gibbs)
- Trial Lawyer of the Year, Finalist, Consumer Attorneys of California (Mike Danko)
- Woman Advocate of the Year, Finalist, Consumer Attorneys of California (Amanda Riddle)
- Consumer Protection MVP, Law360 (Eric Gibbs)
- Top 50 Women Lawyers in Northern California (Kristine Meredith)
- Consumer Attorney of the Year, Finalist, Consumer Attorneys of California (Eric Gibbs)
- Top 100 Super Lawyers in Northern California (Mike Danko, Kristine Meredith, Eric Gibbs)
The Tubbs Fire raged for weeks in October 2017, burning over 36,000 acres of Napa and Sonoma counties, destroying over 5,200 structures, and claiming 22 lives. It has been deemed the most destructive and deadly wildfire in California history.
The blaze ignited near Tubbs Lane on the east side of Highway 128 in Calistoga shortly before 10 pm on Sunday, October 8, 2017. Within about three hours, the fire had traveled 15 miles south, reaching Santa Rosa’s city limits. Propelled by the Diablo winds, the fire moved quickly through Santa Rosa, jumping Highway 101, destroying large swaths of Fountaingrove, and leveling the Coffey Park neighborhood. Hundreds of thousands of Calistoga and Santa Rosa residents were evacuated, many before they could get dressed or gather any of their possessions.
According to Cal Fire, 80% of the lands burned were privately owned.
The Tubbs Fire was fully contained on October 31, 2017.
A map of the 2017 Northern California Tubbs Fires caused by PG&E.
✓No Other Firm Has More Experience Suing PG&E.
Our first case against PG&E was nearly 30 years ago. We know PG&E’s playbook and we use that unique knowledge to benefit our clients.
✓We have succeeded in trial against PG&E.
Our lead trial lawyer, Mike Danko, is the only lawyer in Northern California to have taken a case of this type all the way through to trial and verdict against PG&E. Since then, PG&E has offered settlements to our clients in many cases during or just before the start of trial. PG&E knows we are ready, willing and able to take a case to trial, and that approach helps us achieve the best results for our clients.
✓Appointed by judges to lead legal battles against PG&E.
We have been appointed by judges to leadership positions in large-scale cases against PG&E, including the 2017 North Bay Fires cases, the 2015 Butte Fire cases, and the 2010 San Bruno Explosion cases. Judges trust us to represent the best interests of fire & disaster victims.
The law firms of Corey, Luzaich, de Ghetaldi & Riddle, Danko Meredith, and Gibbs Law Group each has experience representing California businesses and families that have suffered losses in previous fires, and we have successfully litigated against some of the largest and most powerful corporations in the country, including PG&E.
Mike Danko
Danko Meredith
Kristine Meredith
Danko Meredith
Amanda Riddle
Corey, Luzaich, de Ghetaldi & Riddle
Dario de Ghetaldi
Corey, Luzaich, de Ghetaldi & Riddle
Brad Bowen
Danko Meredith
Steve Lopez
Gibbs Law Group LLP
Matthew Luzaich
Law Offices of Matthew S. Luzaich
Eric Gibbs
Gibbs Law Group LLP
Corey, Luzaich, de Ghetaldi & Riddle
Attorneys Dario de Ghetaldi and Amanda Riddle of Corey, Luzaich, de Ghetaldi & Riddle were co-liaison counsel for nearly 50 families in litigation against PG&E concerning the September 2010 explosion of a 30-inch natural gas transmission line in San Bruno. They currently represent over 200 families who are victims of the 2015 Butte Fire that devastated over 70,000 acres.
Danko Meredith
The attorneys of Danko Meredith have earned hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients; Mike Danko was recently honored as Trial Lawyer of the Year by San Mateo Trial Lawyers Association.
Gibbs Law Group
Gibbs Law Group’s attorneys bring more than two decades of experience representing clients in complex cases against utility companies, banks and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The Daily Journal named Eric Gibbs to its prestigious list of “Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California” for 2016, and Law360 recognized Eric as a “2016 Consumer Protection MVP,” the only plaintiff-side lawyer in the country selected in that category.