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PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE & 

HECHT LLP 

John M. Pierce (SBN 250443)

jpierce@piercebainbridge.com

Thomas D. Warren (SBN 160921)

twarren@piercebainbridge.com

355 South Grand Avenue, 44th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

(213) 262-9333

LANDAU GOTTFRIED & BERGER LLP

Michael I. Gottfried (SBN 146689)

mgottfried@lgbfirm.com

Roye Zur (SBN 273875)

rzur@lgbfirm.com

1880 Century Park East, Suite 1101

Los Angeles, California 90067

Tel: (310) 557-0050

Fax: (310) 557-0056

Attorneys for the Herndon Parties

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re

PG&E CORPORATION,

and

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY,

Debtors.

Case No. 19-30088 (Jointly Administered)

Chapter 11

JOINDER TO STATEMENT OF THE 

OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF TORT 

CLAIMANTS REGARDING AUGUST 

27, 2019 STATUS CONFERENCE ON 

ESTIMATION

Hearing Date and Time:

Date: August 27, 2019

Time: 9:30 a.m. (Pacific Time)

Place: Courtroom 17

 450 Golden Gate Ave., 16th Floor

 San Francisco, CA 94102

Affects:

PG&E Corporation

Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Both Debtors

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David Herndon, Julia Herndon, Gabriell Herndon, Jedidiah Herndon, Estefania Miranda, 

Steven Jones, Gabriella’s Eatery, Chico Rent-a-Fence, and Ponderosa Pest & Weed Control (the 

“Herndon Parties”) hereby join in, and incorporate by reference, the Statement of the Official 

Committee of Tort Claimants Regarding August 27, 2019 Status Conference on Estimation (the 

“Tort Committee Statement”) [ECF No. 3672], filed by the Official Committee of Tort Claimants 

(the “Tort Committee”). The Herndon Parties also join in, and incorporate by reference, the portions 

of the Statement of the Ad Hoc Group of Subrogation Claim Holders Regarding August 27, 2019 

Status Conference on Estimation (the “Subrogation Statement”) [ECF No. 3690] that address the 

issue of whether PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (collectively the 

“Debtors”) must identify the basis on which they object to the wildfire claims. See ECF No. 3690 

at 2-5.

As the Herndon Parties explained in their objection to the Debtors’ bar date motion [ECF 

No. 2240], the filing of a proof of claim is “prima facie evidence of the validity and amount of the 

claim.” Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3001(f). The filing of a claim “creates an evidentiary presumption” that 

acts to “shift the burden of going forward” to the party challenging the claim. In re Garvida, 347 

B.R. 697, 706-07 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2006). In connection with the estimation proceedings, which are 

(in function if not in form) objections to validly filed proofs of claim, the Debtors must identify the 

legal and factual bases for their objections to meet their burden: “[o]ne rebuts evidence with counterevidence.” Id. at 707. The proposal proposed by the Debtors inverts this process, impairs the due 

process rights of wildfire claimants, and risks delaying resolution of the Debtors’ wildfire liability 

and the resolution of this bankruptcy.

Accordingly, the Herndon Parties respectfully request that this Court issue the orders 

requested by the Tort Committee. See Tort Committee Statement at 3-4.

[Signatures to Follow]

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Dated: August 26, 2019

 Los Angeles, CA

/s/ Thomas D. Warren

Thomas D. Warren

PIERCE BAINBRIDGE BECK PRICE & HECHT LLP

John M. Pierce (SBN 250443) 

jpierce@piercebainbridge.com

Thomas D. Warren (SBN 160921)

twarren@piercebainbridge.com

Carolynn K. Beck (SBN 264703)

cbeck@piercebainbridge.com

Janine Cohen (SBN 203881)

jcohen@piercebainbridge.com

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4400 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

(213) 262-9333 

Deborah Renner (pro hac requested)

drenner@piercebainbridge.com

Claiborne Hane (pro hac requested)

chane@piercebainbridge.com

Michael Eggenberger (pro hac requested)

meggenberger@piercebainbridge.com

20 West 23rd Street, Fifth Floor

New York, New York 10010

(212) 484-9866

-and-

/s/ Michael I. Gottfried

Michael I. Gottfried

LANDAU GOTTFRIED & BERGER LLP

Michael Gottfried (SBN 146689)

mgottfried@lgbfirm.com

Roye Zur (SBN 273875)

rzur@lgbfirm.com

1880 Century Park East, Suite 1101

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 557-0050

Attorneys for the Herndon Parties

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