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On January 24, 2018, a class action lawsuit was filed by Cappello & Noël LLP and co-counsel against Southern California Edison alleging the company knowingly and continually violated safety procedures, which lead to the devastating Thomas Fire that began December 4, 2017 and then the deadly Montecito mudslides. Jump to the class action contact [ More... ]
Edison demurred to the class action claims on the grounds that a utility cannot be held liable to third parties for purely economic loss resulting from a public disaster, according to a 2019 ruling in Southern California Gas Leak Cases. Highberger on Tuesday overruled the demurrer as to claims of inverse condemnation, private nuisance and [ More... ]
A family whose home was destroyed by the January 9, 2018 Montecito mudslides filed a lawsuit today against Southern California Edison (SCE). The lawsuit alleges the company knowingly and continually violated safety procedures, which lead to the Thomas Fire and the resulting mudslides that tore through their home (William Levy et. al vs. Southern California [ More... ]
A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday against Southern California Edison alleging the company knowingly and continually violated safety procedures, which lead to the devastating Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslides. The named plaintiffs are individuals and small businesses who suffered property damage and lost income because of the Thomas Fire.
Leila J. Noël is recognized as one of the Top Women Lawyers in California, with expertise in complex business litigation, lender liability, class actions and catastrophic personal injury/wrongful death. LEILA J. NOËL Ms. Noël has tried or co-tried most of the firm’s largest cases, and has obtained verdicts [ More... ]
A Ventura County judge issued a court order today recommending that Los Angeles County Superior Court be the site for coordinated pretrial proceedings for the 36 currently filed legal actions against Southern California Edison involving the Thomas Fire and the resulting Montecito mudslides. In the ruling, Judge Vincent O'Neill stated that "Oversight by one judge [ More... ]
Cappello & Noël's success in class action litigation has resulted in multimillion-dollar settlements for class participants. Current Cappello & Noël Plaintiffs Class Actions Santa Barbara Oil Spill | Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions Cappello & Noël filed a class action lawsuit on June 23, [ More... ]
Cappello & Noël represents plaintiffs in employment cases including wrongful termination, discrimination and harassment. The firm obtained a $23 million verdict in a wrongful termination case against a major Fortune 500 company and settled a sexual harassment suit against a public company and its CEO for a [ More... ]
