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HOSTETLER LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO

Robert A. Julian (SBN 88469)

Cecily A. Dumas (SBN 111449)

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

1160 Battery Street, Suite 100

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 628.208.6434

Facsimile: 310.820.8859

Email: rjulian@bakerlaw.com

Email: cdumas@bakerlaw.com

Eric E. Sagerman (SBN 155496)

David J. Richardson (SBN 168592)

Lauren T. Attard (SBN 320898)

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

11601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1400

Los Angeles, CA 90025-0509

Telephone: 310.820.8800

Facsimile: 310.820.8859

Email: esagerman@bakerlaw.com

Email: drichardson@bakerlaw.com

Email: lattard@bakerlaw.com

David B. Rivkin, Jr., (SBN 394446)

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

1050 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20036

Telephone: 202.861.1731

Facsimile: 202.861.1783

Email: drivkin@bakerlaw.com

Counsel for Official Committee of Tort Claimants

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re:

PG&E CORPORATION

-andPACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY,

Debtors.

□ Affects PG&E Corporation

□ Affects Pacific Gas and Electric Company

■ Affects both Debtors

*All papers shall be filed in the Lead Case, 

No. 19-30088 (DM)

Bankruptcy Case 

No. 19-30088 (DM)

Chapter 11

(Lead Case)

(Jointly Administered)

DECLARATION OF DAVID B. RIVKIN, 

JR. IN SUPPORT OF RESPONSE BRIEF 

OF THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF 

TORT CLAIMANTS CONCERNING 

THE APPLICABILITY OF INVERSE 

CONDEMNATION

Date: November 19, 2019

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Place: United States Bankruptcy Court

Courtroom 17, 16th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102

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DAVID B. RIVKIN, JR., under penalty of perjury, declares:

1. I am a partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP, counsel to the Official Committee of Tort 

Claimants (the “TCC”) of PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the 

“Debtors”) in these chapter 11 cases.

2. I submit this Declaration in support of the TCC’s Response Brief Concerning the 

Applicability of Inverse Condemnation.

3. Attached hereto as EXHIBIT A is a true and correct copy of a ruling issued by the 

Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, “Ruling on Submitted Matter: Inverse 

Condemnation Motions,” dated June 22, 2017, which this firm obtained from Superior Court of 

California Website. This ruling finds PG&E may be held liable for inverse condemnation under 

California law. 

4. Attached hereto as EXHIBIT B is a true and correct copy of the ruling issued by 

the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, “Ruling on Submitted Matter: PG&E’s 

Renewed Motion for a Legal Determination of Inverse Condemnation Liability Pursuant to Code 

of Civil Procedure Section 1260.040,” dated May 1, 2018, which this firm obtained from the 

Superior Court of California Website. The ruling states that PG&E is liable for inverse 

condemnation damages under present controlling appellate law.

5. Attached hereto as EXHIBIT C is a true and correct copy of the Superior Court Of 

California for the County of Sacramento, “Stipulated Judgment” dated November 29, 2018, which 

the firm obtained from Bloomberg Law. The final judgment resolved Barbara Jean and Robert 

Thomas Zelmer’s inverse condemnation claims against PG&E. 

6. Attached hereto as EXHIBIT D is a true and correct copy of the order issued by the 

Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, “Order Granting Motion For Entry of 

Stipulated Judgment,” November 29, 2018, which the firm obtained from 

http://s1.q4cdn.com/880135780/files/doc_downloads/2019/20181129-Order-Granting-Motionfor-Entry-of-Stip-Judgment-(Zelmer).pdf. The order agrees to enter the stipulated judgment 

between PG&E and the Zelmers.

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746, I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States 

of America that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. 

Dated: November 15, 2019

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

By: /s/ David B. Rivkin, Jr.

 David B. Rivkin

Counsel for The Official Committee of Tort 

Claimants

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