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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY CO (—)
CIK:        0001081316
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001081316-26-000009
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Oregon Court of Appeals reverses June 2023 wildfire verdict against PacifiCorp, remands for further proceedings
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- Oregon Court of Appeals reversed June 2023 class-action verdict against PacifiCorp for 2020 wildfires, citing erroneous jury instruction that prejudiced PacifiCorp.
- The trial court had found PacifiCorp grossly negligent and willful; the reversal vacates that liability finding for all class members.
- Case remanded; trial court may reconsider class certification. Most proceedings stayed except ongoing damage trial No. 22 and mediation.
- PacifiCorp evaluating impact; opinion did not rule on majority of other appealed issues.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1081316/000108131626000009/0001081316-26-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75594/000108131626000009/bhe-20260408.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001081316-26-000009

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