ALTADENA, Calif.—Attorneys representing Altadena fire survivors filed a lawsuit on Nov. 17 against Southern California Edison and Genasys Inc. over the death of a woman who died in the Eaton Fire, accusing the utility of igniting the blaze and Genasys of failing to issue evacuation warnings in her neighborhood.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Geraldine “Gerry” Darden, the sister of Stacey Darden.
“We are not litigious,” Gerry Darden said in a statement. “Our family thought long and hard about the decision to file a lawsuit. Edison started this fire, and Genasys never warned her that she was in danger. My sister was studiously following the evacuation orders the night of the Eaton Fire. The truth is that if these companies had done what they were supposed to do, Stacey would be alive today.”…