Subject: PacificCorp appeals class action
PacifiCorp is asking an appeals court to throw out a 2023 jury verdict in a wildfire class-action case that has exposed the company to billions of dollars in losses.

The company argues that the case never should have proceeded as a class action and that an Oregon statute bars plaintiffs from recovering non-economic damages for wildfire-related property losses.

A ruling from the appeals court is expected in six months to a year, as PacifiCorp faces an accelerated schedule for claims by about 1,400 remaining fire victims in the class action to be resolved this year and next.

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