PacifiCorp

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FARMERS INSURANCE EXCHANGE, No. 2:21-cv-00801-MCE-CKD et al., 12 Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. 14 PACIFICORP, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 By way of this action, a number of insurance companies (hereafter “Plaintiffs”) seek to recover losses incurred for claims paid to their insureds who sustained injuries as a result of the so-called Slater Fire, a September 2020 conflagration that they allege destroyed some 200 structures and burned over 158,000 acres within the Klamath National Forest. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant PacifiCorp (“Defendant” or “PacifiCorp”), an electrical power provider, caused the fire both by negligent vegetation management and the negligent maintenance, inspection, repair, operation, and ownership of its electricity distribution system. Plaintiffs initiated this matter, setting forth claims for inverse condemnation and negligence, in the Sacramento County Superior Court, after which Defendant removed it here, ostensibly pursuant to this…