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FORD v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.

Docket No. A073596.

60 Cal.App.4th 696 (1997)

CYNTHIA JILL FORD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

December 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Herron & Herron, Ronald K. Herron, Brown, Monzione, Fabbro, Zakaria & Scarlett, Brown, Fabbro & Scarlett and Richard E. Brown for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Frederick D. Baker, Kirk C. Jenkins and Ingrid Von Kaschnitz for Defendant and Respondent.

Spiegel & McDiarmid, Daniel I. Davidson, Scott H. Strauss, Woodruff, Spradin & Smart, Alan Watts, Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, Wilhelm & Waldron, Frank C. Rothrock, Paul B. LaScala, Martin S. Kaufman, Edward H. Comer and Laurence W. Brown as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

Cynthia Jill Ford appeals after the trial court sustained a demurrer by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to her wrongful death action. Ford alleged her husband's brain cancer had been caused by occupational exposure to electric and magnetic fields (EMF's) emitted by PG&E's powerlines and equipment. She contends the trial court erred in deciding that the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has exclusive...

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