Damages Opinions Allowed In Suit Against Electric Company Over Forest Fire

Mealey's (March 10, 2020, 10:35 AM EDT) -- MOSCOW, Idaho — A wildfire expert for a power company can opine on the amount of money damages sustained by the United States from a fire that burned more than 43,000 acres of government-owned forest in Idaho, even though the expert lacks a financial or accounting background, a federal magistrate judge held March 6 (United States v. Idaho County Light and Power Cooperative Association, Inc., No. 3:17-cv-00391, D. Idaho, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39717)....