"Small business owners say last December, that didn't happen for several days when a fire at a PG&E substation knocked out power to roughly a third of San Francisco. "We're filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of businesses impacted by PG&E blackouts," said Lee. About 40 small business owners and some homeowners are part of the lawsuit, seeking damages from the utility, the group is represented by retired Judge, Quentin Kopp."
""PG&E continues to be oblivious of it's record of damage to business and homeowners, some of our clients have been damaged over $100,000," said Kopp. Far East Café in Chinatown is a plaintiff in the lawsuit, they say they lost customers and food product during December outages. "The ingredients, frozen food has to be given away, discarded. Labor, people show up for work disappointed," said Mel Lee, Far East Cafe spokesperson."
""They should do the right thing and pay up to help our local mom and pop businesses recover the from the blackouts they caused," said David Lee. In a statement, the utility tells ABC7 Eyewitness News, it hasn't seen the lawsuit yet, adding: "We're actively meeting with and supporting our customers and we continue to process claims related to this outage as quickly as possible." PG&E has offered bill credits of"
A group of about 40 small business owners and some homeowners filed a class-action lawsuit after December power outages caused by a fire at a PG&E substation knocked out power to roughly a third of San Francisco. Plaintiffs, represented by retired Judge Quentin Kopp, allege significant financial harm, with some claiming losses exceeding $100,000. Plaintiffs include Far East Café, which lost customers and refrigerated inventory and incurred labor disruptions. Plaintiffs demand compensation to help local businesses recover. PG&E states it has not seen the lawsuit, is meeting customers, processing claims, and has offered bill credits.
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