In Re: PacifiCorp

Summary

This will be the next damages trial in the PacifiCorp/Labor Day Fire litigation

Outcome

Wyatt Connally 2,777,200
Fred Goodenough $4,443,300
John Gottfried $4,193,600
Asher Kent $3,365,800
Douglas Matthews $4,554,400
Shannon McCallie $1,583,000
Patty Noice $5,026,500
Carl Robins $4,443,400
Duane Stearns $3,749,000
David Warren $5,165,300

Blog Posts

$50M Awarded In Latest Labor Day Fire Trial, Pushing Total Damages $385M
May 30, 2025

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff
Defense: PacifiCorp
Verdict: $35,301,500

Judge: Steffan Alexander
Jurisdiction: State of Oregon-Multnomah County Circuit
Court: Multnomah County Circuit Court

Industry
Practice Area

Defense

PacifiCorp

Lay Witnesses

Expert Witnesses

Live Sessions

On Demand

Sessions are uploaded each evening and are available on demand the next morning

			Description	Start Time
		9m 3s	In Re: PacifiCorp 12/10/2025 PM (VERDICT)	04:13 PM PST

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Sessions

Attorney
Witness
Witness Expertise
Type
Description

AM Session

Openings

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Carmody, Bill
00:55:20	Opening Statement	Trehan, Rajan
01:20:17	Break
01:47:16	Witness Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Goodenough , Fred	In Person
02:46:08	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Ramfjord, Per	Goodenough , Fred	In Person
00:21:23	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Goodenough , Fred	In Person
00:24:28	Witness Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Matthews, Doug	In Person
01:29:23	Break
01:56:10	Witness Cross Examination	Trehan, Rajan	Matthews, Doug	In Person
02:20:22	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Matthews, Doug	In Person
02:23:28	Witness Direct Examination	Kelso, Michael	Warren, David	In Person
03:36:44	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Dixon, Douglas	Warren, David	In Person
00:26:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelso, Michael	Warren, David	In Person
00:31:17	Witness Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Robins, Carl	In Person
00:56:12	Break
01:13:03	Witness Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Robins, Carl	In Person
01:43:19	Witness Cross Examination	Sondag, Samantha	Robins, Carl	In Person
02:10:08	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Robins, Carl	In Person
02:13:12	Witness Direct Examination	Kelso, Michael	Connally, Wyatt	In Person
02:45:18	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Trehan, Rajan	Connally, Wyatt	In Person
00:14:00	Witness Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Connally, Daniel	In Person
00:33:50	Witness Cross Examination	Trehan, Rajan	Connally, Daniel	In Person
00:46:45	Witness Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	McCallie, Shannon	In Person
01:12:15	Witness Cross Examination	Sondag, Samantha	McCallie, Shannon	In Person
01:35:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	McCallie, Shannon	In Person
01:40:35	Break
02:00:28	Witness Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Stearns, Duane	In Person
02:42:45	Witness Cross Examination	Ramfjord, Per	Stearns, Duane	In Person
03:04:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fire, Dustin	Stearns, Duane	In Person
03:08:05	End of Session

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AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

0 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:07:32	Witness Direct Examination	Kelso, Michael	Best, Dr. Suzanne Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:15:08	Witness Cross Examination	Dixon, Douglas	Best, Dr. Suzanne Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:46:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Kelso, Michael	Best, Dr. Suzanne Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:55:42	Break
02:15:28	Witness Direct Examination	Kelso, Michael	Gottfried, John		In Person
03:34:47	Witness Cross Examination	Dixon, Douglas	Gottfried, John		In Person
03:56:36	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

0 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
		00:05:30	Witness Cross Examination	Carmody, Bill	Guyton, Dr. Michelle Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
		00:30:15	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:34:32	Witness Cross Examination	Rabin, Shawn	Millkey, Dr. Alexander PsyD	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:20:10	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Munson, Emily	Millkey, Dr. Alexander PsyD	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:42:43	Break
02:04:32	Witness Direct Examination	Ramfjord, Per	Therson, Danielle	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
03:12:50	Witness Cross Examination	Rabin, Shawn	Therson, Danielle	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
03:44:40	End of Session

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:00:26	Witness Cross Examination	Carmody, Bill	Guyton, Dr. Michelle Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
00:27:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fligor, Craig	Guyton, Dr. Michelle Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
00:34:45	Break
00:47:00	Witness Direct Examination	Munson, Emily	Millkey, Dr. Alexander PsyD	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:38:20	Witness Cross Examination	Rabin, Shawn	Millkey, Dr. Alexander PsyD	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
02:12:31	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

6 Chapters

DEC

In Re: PacifiCorp

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	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:19:17	General Case Activities
00:20:59	Witness Direct Examination	Fligor, Craig	Guyton, Dr. Michelle Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:59:20	Break
02:19:03	Witness Cross Examination	Carmody, Bill	Guyton, Dr. Michelle Ph.D.	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
02:21:20	Break
02:57:11	General Case Activities
02:58:25	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Witness Expertise	Presence
00:06:24	Witness Cross Examination	Rabin, Shawn	Therson, Danielle	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:06:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Ramfjord, Per	Therson, Danielle	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:22:35	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Rabin, Shawn	Therson, Danielle	Mental Health - Psychiatry, Psychology, & Counseling	In Person
01:25:15	General Case Activities
01:26:05	Break
02:00:24	General Case Activities
02:23:05	Closing Statement	Kelso, Michael
03:40:02	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:08:02	Closing Statement	Dixon, Douglas
00:45:10	Closing Statement	Trehan, Rajan
01:57:30	Break
02:16:27	Closing Statement	Carmody, Bill
02:41:18	General Case Activities
02:53:25	End of Session