A trial court, not the Public Utility Commission, is the appropriate jurisdiction for a negligence lawsuit against PECO Energy Co. stemming from a home fire, a Philadelphia judge has ruled.
In a May 22 decision in Hausner v. PECO Energy, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson denied PECO’s attempt to transfer the matter to the PUC, finding her court is capable of handling the technical aspects of the “straightforward tort and contract action.”
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