Eaton & Palisades Fire Litigation: Key Dates and Numbers
This page collects the dates and figures that have actually been published in the Eaton and Palisades Fire litigation. Every row names the court order, agency, or company it came from, and the date that source itself carries. Nothing here is estimated, projected, or averaged by us. Where a number is disputed or does not reconcile, we say so instead of picking one.
Read this first. Everything below describes groups of people, cases, and programs. None of it describes your situation. Averages are not offers, published deadlines belong to specific programs and claim types rather than to individuals, and court dates move. This page is a record of what has been published, not advice about what applies to you. Only a licensed California attorney can assess an individual’s circumstances.
Eaton Fire litigation, at a glance
The Eaton Fire cases are consolidated before the Los Angeles Superior Court. They are not a Judicial Council coordinated proceeding (JCCP); they are related cases consolidated under a lead case.
| Fact | Value | Source | Source’s date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead case | Gursey v. Southern California Edison, Lead Case No. 25STCV00731 and Related Cases | Case Management Order No. 1, Los Angeles Superior Court, via the court-authorized case portal | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Judge | Hon. Laura A. Seigle, Dept. 17 | Case Management Order No. 1 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| First bellwether trial | January 25, 2027 | Case Management Order No. 11; Amended Case Management Order No. 13 | Feb 6, 2026; May 29, 2026 |
| Expert disclosure | September 4, 2026 | Amended CMO No. 13, Exhibit A | May 29, 2026 |
| Summary judgment filing | September 25, 2026 | Amended CMO No. 13, Exhibit A | May 29, 2026 |
| Liability fact discovery cutoff | November 24, 2026 | Amended CMO No. 13, Exhibit A | May 29, 2026 |
| Final status conference | January 11, 2027 | Amended CMO No. 13, Exhibit A | May 29, 2026 |
| Most recent case management order | Amended Case Management Order No. 13 | Court-authorized case portal document list | May 29, 2026 |
A bellwether trial is a test case chosen to try representative claims and inform the rest of the litigation. It is not an individual trial for every plaintiff, and a scheduled date is a schedule, not a promise.
Palisades Fire litigation, at a glance
| Fact | Value | Source | Source’s date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead case | Grigsby, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, acting by and through the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Lead Case No. 25STCV00832 | Case Management Order No. 3, Los Angeles Superior Court, via the court-authorized case portal | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Judge | Hon. Samantha Jessner, Dept. 7 | Case Management Order No. 3 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Action filed | January 13, 2025 | Case Management Order No. 3, caption | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Trial date | Not set | Case Management Order No. 3, caption, which reads “Trial Date: Not set” | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Consolidation | Consolidated for pretrial purposes only | Case Management Order No. 3 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Most recent case management order | Case Management Order No. 3 | Court-authorized case portal document list | Mar 26, 2026 |
Southern California Edison’s compensation program (Eaton Fire)
Southern California Edison operates its own direct compensation program. Everything in this section is published by SCE, which is the company being sued over the Eaton Fire. These are the defendant’s own self-reported figures. They are not audited by the court and not independently verified by us, and we present them as SCE’s claims about SCE’s program.
| Fact | Value | Source | Source’s date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claim submission date | November 30, 2026, stated as “Eligible individuals and businesses have until Nov. 30, 2026 to submit a claim” | Southern California Edison, program page | Page last updated Jul 16, 2026 |
| Offered to date | Over $743,000,000 to more than 5,200 claimants across more than 2,100 offers | Southern California Edison newsroom | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Paid to date | Over $314,000,000 to more than 2,100 claimants | Southern California Edison newsroom | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Claims submitted | More than 3,900 claims, covering nearly 12,000 individuals, trusts and legal entities; 31% submitted by attorneys or authorized representatives | Southern California Edison newsroom | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Average total for a homeowner with total loss | $1,700,627 | Southern California Edison, program page | Stated “as of June 2026” |
| Average payment through the program | $754,204 | Southern California Edison, program page | Stated “as of June 2026” |
| Average insurance coverage | $946,423 | Southern California Edison, program page | Stated “as of June 2026” |
| Program design | Designed with Kenneth R. Feinberg and Camille S. Biros; SCE engaged RAND to independently assess property valuation | Southern California Edison, program page | Page last updated Jul 16, 2026 |
SCE’s own two totals do not match. On the same page on the same day, SCE’s headline says “more than $750 million has been offered” while its detail bullet says offers total “over $743 million.” We publish the specific bullet figure and note the discrepancy rather than choosing the larger number. An average is also not an offer: an average describes a group, and half of any group is below it.
Insurance paid, per fire
The California Department of Insurance publishes claim totals for the January 2025 wildfires. The per-fire split exists only inside a PDF, so we reproduce it here as text. These are residential property figures only; commercial and auto claims are additional and are not included in these two rows.
| Fire | Residential claims | Claims with payment | Residential paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palisades Fire | 15,945 | 15,529 | $14,581,625,392 |
| Eaton Fire | 22,890 | 22,367 | $7,388,086,010 |
Source: California Department of Insurance, “Insured Losses from the 2025 Palisades and Eaton Wildfires,” data as of March 2026, published via the department’s Wildfire Claims Tracker (updated March 3, 2026). The full breakdown, including commercial property and auto, is on our insured losses page.
Do not add these two numbers together, and do not add them to SCE’s. The department’s own tracker headline reports 41,800 claims and $23.7 billion paid across the January 2025 wildfires, while the underlying PDF’s categories sum to a different figure. We publish both as the department published them, separately labeled, rather than reconciling numbers the department has not reconciled. Insurance payments and SCE program payments measure different things and overlap: SCE’s own average shows a homeowner receiving both.
How to read any of this
Three cautions apply to every row above. First, a published date belongs to the thing it was published about: SCE’s date governs SCE’s program, a court’s date governs that court’s schedule, and neither is a statement about an individual. Second, averages describe groups and never predict an outcome. Third, all of this changes. Each row carries the date its source gave, so an older date is a signal to check the source directly rather than to trust this page.
We publish only what a court, an agency, or a company has itself put on the record, and we name which one and when. Where sources disagree, we show the disagreement. Nothing here is a projection, an estimate, or an evaluation of anyone’s claim.
What you can do next
If your home or business was affected by one of these two fires, the fire’s own record has more detail and a way to reach a firm representing people in that case: see the Eaton Fire record or the Palisades Fire record. The wider fire database carries a sourced record for every fire we track.
If you are rebuilding, the free California Wildfire Recovery Handbook covers insurance, documentation, government aid, and rebuilding. For how deadlines work in general, and why no page can state yours, see Wildfire Claim Deadlines Explained.