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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Oregon utility regulator rejects PacifiCorp request to limit its liability in wildfire lawsuits

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oregon utility regulators have rejected a request from PacifiCorp that sought to limit its liability in wildfire lawsuits.

Under the proposal, PacifiCorp would only have been responsible for paying out actual economic damages in lawsuit awards. The company submitted the request in November, months after an Oregon jury found it was liable for causing deadly and destructive fires over Labor Day weekend in 2020, KGW reported.

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