Mass Torts
Matters the Firm is part of.
The coordinated-proceeding and large-scale tort matters in which the Firm represents individual claimants. Intake status is updated as the proceedings move.
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The matters below are the coordinated proceedings the Firm and its partners are currently involved in — they are not the only mass torts the Firm will consider. If you are a claimant in a coordinated proceeding that is not listed below, or you have been affected by an event that may give rise to one, please contact the Firm. We will evaluate your situation and the underlying proceeding; in some cases you may be the Firm's first client in that matter.
- Accepting New Clients
Eaton Fire
- Date
- January 7, 2025
- Defendants
- Southern California Edison
- Edison International
- Settlement amount
- None — matter is in active litigation
Coordinated proceeding arising out of the January 2025 Eaton fire in Altadena and the surrounding Pasadena foothills. Cases are coordinated as a California Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding against Southern California Edison and Edison International.
- Closed for New Clients
Maui Fires
(Lahaina, Olinda, Kula & Pulehu)
- Date
- August 8, 2023
- Defendants
- Hawaiian Electric Industries
- Hawaiian Electric Company / Maui Electric
- County of Maui
- State of Hawaii
- Kamehameha Schools
- Other large landowners
- Settlement amount
- ~$4.0 billion (global framework, August 2024)
Coordinated Hawaii state-court proceeding arising out of the four August 8, 2023 Maui wildfires — the Lahaina fire on West Maui, the Olinda and Kula fires upcountry, and the Pulehu fire in central Maui. A global settlement framework of approximately $4 billion was announced in August 2024; individual allocations are being evaluated and finalized under the framework before distribution.
- Closed for New Clients
Mosquito Fire
- Date
- September 6, 2022
- Defendants
- PG&E Corporation
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Settlement amount
- None — matter is in active litigation
El Dorado and Placer County wildfire ignited in September 2022. Civil claims against PG&E remain in active litigation in California state court.
- Closed for New Clients
Mill Fire
- Date
- September 2, 2022
- Defendants
- Roseburg Forest Products
- Settlement amount
- $50 million
Siskiyou County wildfire that ignited at a Roseburg Forest Products facility in Weed and burned into the surrounding town. Civil claims against Roseburg were resolved through coordinated settlements with displaced residents and property owners.
- Closed for New Clients
Dixie Fire
- Date
- July 13, 2021
- Defendants
- PG&E Corporation
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Settlement amount
- Multiple settlements reached
Multi-county Northern California wildfire — the second-largest in California history — ignited in July 2021 and attributed to PG&E equipment. Civil claims have been resolved across several tranches, including settlements with public-entity claimants and individual survivors.
- Closed for New Clients
Kincade Fire
- Date
- October 23, 2019
- Defendants
- PG&E Corporation
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Settlement amount
- Multiple settlements reached
Sonoma County wildfire ignited in October 2019, attributed by Cal Fire to PG&E transmission equipment. Civil claims against PG&E were resolved post-bankruptcy through a series of settlements with individual claimants and insurance subrogation interests.
- Closed for New Clients
PG&E Fire Victim Trust
- Date
- November 8, 2018 (Camp Fire); 2015–2018 overall
- Defendants
- PG&E Corporation
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company
- Settlement amount
- $13.5 billion (Fire Victim Trust)
- Covered fires
- Camp Fire — November 2018 (Butte County)
- October 2017 North Bay fires — Adobe, Atlas, Cascade, Cherokee, Honey, La Porte, Lobo, Maacama, McCourtney, Norrbom, Nuns, Partrick, Pocket, Point, Pressley, Pythian, Redwood Valley, Sulphur, Tubbs, and 37 Fire
- Butte Fire — September 2015 (Amador & Calaveras Counties)
Aggregated claims of survivors of the 2015 Butte fire, the October 2017 North Bay fires, and the 2018 Camp fire, resolved through PG&E's Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. The Fire Victim Trust was funded with $13.5 billion in cash and stock and has been making pro rata distributions to qualifying claimants since 2021.
- Closed for New Clients
Thomas Fire
- Date
- December 4, 2017
- Defendants
- Southern California Edison
- Edison International
- Settlement amount
- Multiple settlements reached (2018–2024)
Ventura and Santa Barbara County wildfire ignited in December 2017 and the related Montecito debris-flow event. Cases were brought against Southern California Edison and resolved across multiple settlement tranches with individual claimants and insurance subrogation interests.
About the Firm and its attorneys' involvement in these matters
Montegna, Thickstun & Tollestrup formed recently, but its partners have worked the matters above for years through their prior California practices — Montegna Law (Greg Montegna), Patton Thickstun (John Thickstun), and Tollestrup Law (Matt Tollestrup).
Greg Montegna (through Montegna Law) and John Thickstun (through Patton Thickstun) have been involved in every matter listed above. Matt Tollestrup (through Tollestrup Law) joined those efforts in the Eaton fire proceeding and was also separately involved in the Maui wildfire proceeding. All three partners now handle the Firm's mass-tort matters jointly through Montegna, Thickstun & Tollestrup.