SUSAN BURGESS ET AL VS. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY ET AL

SF Superior Court - Real Property / Housing Dept 501 - CGC23607825 - July 23, 2025 Hearing date: July 23, 2025 Case number: CGC23607825 Case title: SUSAN BURGESS ET AL VS. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY ET AL Case Number: | | CGC23607825 | Case Title: | | SUSAN BURGESS ET AL VS. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY ET AL | Court Date: | | 2025-07-23 09:30 AM | Calendar Matter: | | Notice Of Unopposed Motion For An Order Sealing The Amount And Terms Of Settlement | Rulings: | | Real Property/Housing Court Law and Motion calendar for July 23, 2025, line 1.

Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion for an Order Sealing the Amount and Terms of Settlement is DENIED.

Plaintiff's motion relies on conjecture. The Court must make "express factual findings" to seal records, yet Plaintiff's attached declaration contains no facts in support of the requirements of sealing (See CRC 2.550(d)). Further, Plaintiff does not explain how settlement amounts are "commercial information" over which corporations retain a privacy interest. Nor does Plaintiff explain how or why PG&E's competitors - who operate in a highly abnormal market - would make use of PG&E's settlement amounts. =(501/VMH)

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