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State legislators and investigators are reviewing evidence regarding wildfires in Northern California, according to a new article by the San Francisco Chronicle. In particular they are reviewing evidence surrounding equipment including PG&E reclosers, equipment used to send pulses of electricity through power lines that are malfunctioning.

Asbestos, mined and later abandoned in Fresno County and Coalinga California can and does cause mesothelioma. As sites become contaminated with asbestos and other dangerous products, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is eventually tasked with planning cleanup. When a site is heavily contaminated, the EPA may be declared it a “Superfund” site.

Through the generous contributions of individuals and organizations, United Way of the Wine Country (UWWC) has built an emergency relief fund for those in Sonoma County affected by the Northern California wildfires. You may be eligible for a cash grant if you.

A pop-up storefront for Napa County residents affected by Northern California wildfires, which offers free clothing and other household goods, is set to close on Nov 26th.

A jury awarded six plaintiffs a combined $247 million for their injuries due to defectively designed DePuy Pinnacle metal on metal hip implants. The six plaintiffs had to undergo revision surgery to revise their metal on metal Ultamet liner Pinnacle devices, a device Johnson and Johnson and DePuy pulled off the market but never fully recalled.

The California Public Utilities Commissions has issued a fact sheet explaining the many consumer protections that are in place for those affected by the wildfires. PG&E must discontinue billing to those affected who are not capable of receiving gas or electric due to fire damage, deposits must be waived, utilities must expedite move-in and move-out requests, end estimated energy use billing, remove any minimum billing requirements, add additional payment options for affected customers, and more.

Levin Simes LLP would like to invite you, your family, friends and neighbors, to a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, November 14th from 5:30 to 6:30pm at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Hall located at 1351 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Please see the flyer below for details. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

A federal judge will ask the US Attorneys Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to question witnesses regarding potential witness tampering in an ongoing DePuy Pinnacle trial.

You’ve seen the commercials: a pharmaceutical commercial breaks from selling you a new drug to list 30 seconds of side effects. Somewhere in between listing dry mouth and indigestion is a reference to how the drug might kill you.

The New York Times has a new piece on Johnson and Johnson, baby talcum powder ovarian cancer, and the cases filed around the country by Levin Simes and other law firms. The piece is titled “Risk on All Sides as 4,800 Women Sue Over Johnson’s Baby Powder and Cancer”.