By Miriam Raftery
February 2, 2009 (San Diego's East County)--San Diego Gas & Electric Company has notified attorneys representing fire victims that the utility company plans to sue victims of the 2007 wildfires. The announcement has sparked an angry response from some elected officials and residents in burned-out areas of East County.
"Predictably, SDG&E's lawyers are stooping as low as possible and attempting to blame victims for the utility's failure to maintain its own system," Supervisor Dianne Jacob told East County Magazine. "It is a callous legal strategy but one that's not surprising coming from the same people pushing the tragically flawed Sunrise Powerlink."
