The court filings blame the utility for the fire despite the fact that the blaze's cause is still under investigation.

SCE faces lawsuits for alleged negligence contributing to the Eaton Fire's ignition, which caused destruction and fatalities.

In separate lawsuits, Benjamin Crump and the NAACP are going after Southern California Electric on behalf of Eaton fire victims.

The complaints allege the utility failed to de-energize its power lines, which allowed the electrical equipment to spark the massive blaze near Pasadena on Jan. 7.

The cause of the deadly Eaton Fire is being investigated, but suit says utility's equipment may have contributed.

Edison International — the parent company of the utility Southern California Edison — has seen its stock remain under pressure as lawsuits begin over its potential role in the fires that have ravaged parts of Southern California.

With snow forecasted for the San Bernardino Mountains this weekend, residents who have gone for days or weeks without power are frustrated and concerned, especially as winter weather arrives. To reduce wildfire risk,

Nationally acclaimed civil rights attorney Ben Crump, alongside co-counsel Anne Andrews, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Southern California Edison (SCE) following the devastating wildfires that claimed the life of Evelyn McClendon.

Altadena residents said in separate lawsuits that the utility’s electrical equipment had sparked the fire, which grew to consume 14,000 acres.

The Eaton Fire is now considered one of the deadliest fires in California history with 16 deaths reported so far.

The law firm Edelson PC filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday on behalf of a former FedEx worker, Evangeline Iglesias, who lost her home in the Eaton Fire that broke out just outside Los Angeles last Tuesday, killing 16 people and destroying approximately 7,000 structures in Altadena and Pasadena.

At least four lawsuits were filed Monday morning against Southern California Edison in connection with the Eaton Fire.