$4 billion settlement reached over Maui’s deadly and destructive wildfires
Hawaii, its biggest power utility and other defendants have reached a tentative agreement to pay more than $4 billion to settle lawsuits stemming from the devastating wildfires in Maui nearly a year ago, Gov.
Hawaii, its biggest power utility and other defendants have reached a tentative agreement to pay more than $4 billion to settle lawsuits stemming from the devastating wildfires in Maui nearly a year ago, Gov. Josh Green announced Friday.
The proposed agreement, which must still be approved, would settle approximately 450 lawsuits filed by plaintiffs, including homeowners and businesses, for fires in Lahaina and Upcountry Maui, Green’s office said.
He called it “a historic settlement to resolve all tort claims arising from the Maui wildfires.”
The wildfires are the deadliest in modern American history and caused damages estimated at $5 billion. More than 100 people in Lahaina were killed.
Green said the deal, called an agreement in principle, was complex.
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