Complaint,Petition: BRUCE GORDON, ET AL. VS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, ET AL.

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                                20STCV31797
                                 Assigned for all purposes to: Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Judicial Officer: Yolanda Orozco



Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 08/20/2020 12:42 PM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by M. Barel,Deputy Clerk

     1     Brian S. Kabateck, Esq. SBN 152054
           (bsk@kbklawyers.com)
     2     Christopher B. Noyes, Esq. SBN 270094
           (cn@kbklawyers.com)
     3     Joana Fang, Esq. SBN 309623
           (jf@kbklawyers.com)
     4     KABATECK LLP
           633 W. Fifth Street, Suite 3200
     5     Los Angeles, CA 90071
           Telephone:     (213) 217-5000
     6     Facsimile:    (213) 217-5010
     7     Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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                                             SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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                                                         FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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           BRUCE GORDON, an individual; TAMI                                                    Case No.:
   11      GORDON, an individual; and BRILLIANT
           IDEAS CONSULTING, INC., a California                                                 COMPLAINT AND JURY DEMAND
   12      corporation;                                                                           1. Negligence
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                                          Plaintiffs,                                             3. Trespass
   14                                                                                             4. Private Nuisance – Civil Code § 3479
                            v.                                                                    5. Public Nuisance – Civil Code § 3480
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           SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY;                                                    7. Violation of Public Utilities Code §
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           EDISON INTERNATIONAL; and DOES 1 through
   17      100, inclusive.                                                                        8. Violation of Health and Safety Code
                                                                                                     § 13007
   18                                    Defendants.

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                       Plaintiffs BRUCE GORDON, an individual; TAMI GORDON, an individual; and BRILLIANT
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           IDEAS CONSULTING, INC., a California corporation (“Plaintiffs”) bring this action for damages
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           against Defendants SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY (“SCE”) and EDISON
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           INTERNATIONAL (“EDISON”) (collectively “SCE Defendants”), and DOES 1 through 100 as
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           follows:
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                                                                             INTRODUCTION
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                       1.           This case arises from the deadly Woolsey Fire, which has burned approximately 98,362
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           acres, destroyed at least 504 structures, damaged another 96 structures, killed three (3) civilians and
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                                                                  COMPLAINT AND JURY DEMAND