Anthony Gantner v. Pg&e Corporation

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANTHONY GANTNER, No. 21-15571 Appellant, D.C. No. v. 4:20-cv-02584-HSG

PG&E CORPORATION; ORDER CERTIFYING

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC QUESTIONS TO THE

COMPANY, SUPREME COURT OF

Appellees. CALIFORNIA

Filed February 28, 2022

Before: Danny J. Boggs, * John B. Owens, and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.

Order

* The Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. GANTNER V. PG&E

SUMMARY **

Certification of Questions to Supreme Court of California / Bankruptcy

The panel withdrew the case from submission and certified to the Supreme Court of California the following two questions of state law:

(1) Does California Public Utilities Code § 1759 preempt a plaintiff’s claim of negligence brought against a utility if the alleged negligent acts were not approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, but those acts foreseeably resulted in the utility having to…