With billions at stake, lawyers pour into Altadena and race to courthouse
Story by Los Angeles Times.
- Erin Brockovich and Benjamin Crump are among those who have descended on Altadena as the aftermath of the deadly Eaton fire shifts to the courthouse.
- Billions of dollars are potentially on the line for fire victims. For lawyers, their typical one-third cut of any future settlement could be enormous.
- When selecting an attorney, victims should ask questions such as: “Have you ever taken a wildfire case to trial? How will you prove the case?”
She is the nation’s most famous legal secretary, whose real-life advocacy on toxic groundwater was portrayed by Julia Roberts to Oscar-winning acclaim.
He is the most recognizable civil rights attorney of his generation, winning millions of dollars for Black and brown families whose loved ones — George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown — died at the hands of police and sparked a global outcry.
Both Erin Brockovich and Benjamin Crump have descended on the charred ruins of Altadena as the aftermath of the deadly Eaton fire shifts to the courthouse, with Southern California Edison in the crosshairs.