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Over the past few years, blue states and municipalities have filed dozens of tort suits in state courts against American energy companies claiming hundreds of billions of dollars in damages.

Friedman, who has been outspoken about misconduct by mass tort attorneys in bankruptcy cases, said he now represents dozens of former Slater plaintiffs.

All these illusionary names are what tort lawyers call attractive nuisances, enticing but dangerous.

His teaching and research areas include torts, environmental law, climate change, products liability, and risk regulation.

Last week, 10 plan policyholders in the Palisades and Eaton fire zones filed a tort claim against the plan, accusing it of failing to investigate or properly compensate for smoke damages.