Monterey County Launches Dashboard To Track Battery Plant Fire Data Amid Wave Of Lawsuits

CBS Bay Area

May 21, 2025

A wave of lawsuits, large and small, have been waged against Vistra Corporation, PG&E, and many of their associated companies in the months following an explosive Jan. 16 fire at their battery storage facility in Moss Landing.

A single judge will be assigned to coordinate the cases and will manage all of the common facts and law; but the individual differences will be handled on a case-by-case basis, according to a description of the "mass tort" process on the website of one of the law firms, Danko Meredith.

Whether the cases will be held in state or federal court is yet to be determined.

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