Court Rules Insurers Can’t Hold Utility’s Tree Service Liable for Tennessee Wildfire Damages

Utilities increasingly cause of wildfires amid climate change

A state appeals court has ruled that insurers cannot hold an electric company’s vegetation-management contractor liable for an estimated $45 million in claims by homeowners and businesses resulting from two wildfires in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains. A three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld Wolf Tree Inc’s failure to inspect or remove allegedly… Continue reading Court Rules Insurers Can’t Hold Utility’s Tree Service Liable for Tennessee Wildfire Damages