Wise v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
California Court of Appeal
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1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JONES, P. J.
After plaintiffs/appellants instituted this action against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for unfair business practices (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 17200 et seq., 17500), violation of Public Utilities Code section 2106, and fraud, we applied the primary jurisdiction doctrine and imposed a stay of judicial proceedings in the trial court, pending an ongoing third party proceeding before the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC or Commission) that concerned similar issues, Joanne Carey v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
The PUC closed the Carey proceedings without…
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