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BARHAM v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.

No. E021243.

88 Cal.Rptr.2d 424 (1999)

74 Cal.App.4th 744

Virgil BARHAM et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. GTE California Incorporated, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Southern California Edison Company, Defendant and Appellant. Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Southern California Edison Company, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1999.

Review Denied November 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of G. Greg Aftergood, G. Greg Aftergood, Woodland Hills; Reid & Hellyer, Riverside, and David C. Moore, Fortuna, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

William C. Falkenhainer, Pasadena; Dwyer, Daly, Brotzen & Bruno, Toni Rae Bruno, Los Angeles, and Douglas W. Schroeder, Santa Ana, for Defendant and Appellant.

Robert H. Wyman; Sottile & Taketa and Donn S. Taketa, Thousand Oaks, for Plaintiff and Respondent GTE California Incorporated.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Roderick E. Walston, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles W. Getz IV, Assistant Attorney General, and Nam Yon Kim, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Certified for Partial Publication.*

OPINION

RAMIREZ, P.J.

This case involves a dispute regarding defendant Southern California Edison Company's (SCE) responsibility for damages sustained by the various plaintiffs as a result of a wildfire, commonly known as the Mill Creek fire, which broke out on October 27, 1993. The fire was alleged to have resulted from a failure in SCE's overhead power line equipment. After a bifurcated...

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