SARALE v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.

Nos. C059873, C060515.

189 Cal.App.4th 225 (2010)

117 Cal. Rptr. 3d 24

WILLIAM R. SARALE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. RICHARD G. WILBUR, as Trustee, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

October 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geiger, Coon & Keen and Charles E. Keen for Plaintiffs and Appellants William R. Sarale et al.

Jones & Dyer, Gregory F. Dyer and Kristen K. Preston for Plaintiff and Appellant Richard G. Wilbur.

Cassel Malm Fagundes , P. Gary Cassel ; Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Frederick D. Baker , Gayle L. Gough and Kelly J. Savage for Defendant and Respondent.

Frank R. Lindh , Helen W. Yee and Pamela Nataloni for Public Utilities Commission as Amicus Curiae upon request of the Court of Appeal.


OPINION

SIMS, J.

These consolidated appeals involve claims by plaintiff landowners that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) engaged in excessive trimming of commercially productive walnut trees located under the utility's power lines. The first appeal is taken by plaintiffs William R. Sarale and Julie Ann Sarale from a judgment of dismissal entered by the San Joaquin Superior Court. The second appeal is taken by plaintiff Richard...

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