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Rebecca Weissman (No. 322402)

DECHERT LLP 

One Bush Street, Suite 1600 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: 415.262.4500 

Facsimile: 415.262.4555 

rebecca.weissman@dechert.com 

Allan S. Brilliant (pro hac vice) 

Shmuel Vasser (pro hac vice) 

Alaina R. Heine (pro hac vice) 

DECHERT LLP 

1095 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10036 

Telephone: 212.698.3500 

Facsimile: 415.698.3599 

allan.brilliant@dechert.com 

shmuel.vasser@dechert.com 

alaina.heine@dechert.com 

Attorneys for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance 

Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re:

PG&E CORPORATION and PACIFIC 

GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, 

 Debtors. 

□ Affects PG&E Corporation 

□ Affects Pacific Gas and 

Electric Company 

x Affects both Debtors 

* All papers shall be filed in the Lead 

Case, No. 19-30088 (DM).

Case No. 19-30088 (DM)

Chapter 11 

Jointly Administered 

STATE FARM’S LIMITED OBJECTION 

TO OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF 

TORT CLAIMANTS’ MOTION 

PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. §§ 105(a), 501 

AND FED. R. BANKR. P. 3001(a), 

3003(c), 5005 AND 9007 FOR ENTRY OF 

AN ORDER (I) ESTABLISHING A BAR 

DATE FOR FILING FIRE CLAIMS, 

(II) APPROVING THE FORM AND 

PROCEDURES FOR NOTICE OF THE 

BAR DATE FOR FIRE CLAIMS, AND 

(III) APPROVING SUPPLEMENTAL 

PROCEDURES FOR NOTICE OF THE 

BAR DATE TO FIRE CLAIMANTS 

Hearing Date and Time: June 26, 2019 at 9:30 

a.m. (PT) 

Hearing Location: 450 Golden Gate Ave., San 

Francisco, CA, Courtroom 17 

Judge: Hon. Dennis Montali 

Related Docket Nos: 2297, 2298, 2299 

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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries 

(collectively, “State Farm”), as creditors and parties in interest in the above-captioned chapter 11 

cases of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the “Utility”) and PG&E Corporation (“PG&E” and, 

together with the Utility, the “Debtors”), by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby file this 

limited objection (the “Objection”) to the Motion of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants 

Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105(a), 501 and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3001(a), 3003(c)(3), 5005 and 9007 

for Entry of an Order (I) Establishing a Bar Date for Filing Fire Claims, (II) Approving the Form 

and Procedures for Notice of the Bar Date for Fire Claims, and (III) Approving Supplemental 

Procedures for Notice of the Bar Date to Fire Claimants (the “TCC” and “Motion,” respectively) 

[ECF No. 2297].1 In support of the Objection, State Farm respectfully sets forth and represents as 

follows: 

LIMITED OBJECTION 

State Farm is one of the largest property and casualty insurers in the State of California 

and is believed to be the insurer holding the most insurance subrogation claims against the 

Debtors. State Farm’s claims are expected to be in the billions of dollars. 

Except as set forth herein, State Farm takes no position on the Motion. State Farm files 

this Limited Objection because the TCC’s Notice Program contemplates that “the TCC could use 

subpoenas to procure information from insurance carriers.” See Memorandum of Points and 

Authorities in Support of Motion of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants for Entry of an 

Order (I) Establishing a Bar Date for Filing Fire Claims, (II) Approving the Form and 

Procedures for Notice of the Bar Date for Fire Claims, and (III) Approving Supplemental 

Procedures for Notice of the Bar Date to Fire Claimants [ECF No. 2298] at p. 9; Declaration of 

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 Each capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Motion. 

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Steven Weisbrot in Support of Motion of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants for Entry of an 

Order (I) Establishing a Bar Date for Filing Fire Claims, (II) Approving the Form and 

Procedures for Notice of the Bar Date for Fire Claims, and (III) Approving Supplemental 

Procedures for Notice of the Bar Date to Fire Claimants [ECF No. 2299] at p. 21. 

Should the Court grant the Motion, the approval order should clarify that it does not prejudge the appropriateness of any subpoena issued by, or on behalf of the TCC thereunder, nor 

does it affect in any way any rights of the subpoena’s target to oppose it, or otherwise move to 

quash on any available ground under the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Civil or 

Bankruptcy Procedure, or applicable law. Stated differently, the entry of an order proposed by the 

TCC should not predetermine the propriety of any subpoena later issued by the TCC. 

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

State Farm reserves the right to raise further and other objections to the Motion at the 

hearing as may be necessary or appropriate. 

DATED: June 19, 2019 

/s/ Shmuel Vasser ________ 

Allan S. Brilliant (pro hac vice) 

Shmuel Vasser (pro hac vice) 

Alaina R. Heine (pro hac vice) 

DECHERT LLP 

1095 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10036 

-andRebecca Weissman (No. 322402) 

DECHERT LLP 

One Bush Street, Suite 1600 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Attorneys for State Farm Mutual Automobile 

Insurance Company and its affiliates and 

subsidiaries

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