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SCHOLES v. LAMBIRTH TRUCKING CO.

No. S241825.

8 Cal.5th 1094 (2020)

VINCENT E. SCHOLES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LAMBIRTH TRUCKING COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

February 20, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent E. Scholes, in pro. per.; Singleton Law Firm, Gerald Singleton ; Law Offices of Martin N. Buchanan and Martin N. Buchanan for Plaintiff and Appellant.

The Arkin Law Firm and Sharon J. Arkin for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Anwyl, Scoffield & Stepp, James T. Anwyl ; Spinelli, Donald & Nott and Lynn A. Garcia for Defendant and Respondent.

Horvitz & Levy, Robert H. Wright and Jeremy B. Rosen for Pacific Gas and Electric Company as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

This case arises from a pair of entwined risks all too familiar to Californians: fire, and what happens when fire spreads. Civil Code section 3346 provides enhanced damages to plaintiffs suffering "wrongful injuries" (id., subd. (a)) to timber, trees, or underwood.1 The...

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