Pac. Gas & Elec. Co. v. Hart High-Voltage Apparatus Repair & Testing Co.

*419Plaintiff Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) sued defendant HART High-Voltage Apparatus Repair and Testing Co., Inc. (HART) for negligently servicing a large transformer at a hydroelectric power plant and for damages under Public Utilities Code 1 section 7952. PG&E alleged it incurred direct and indirect costs of approximately $8.1 million.

HART filed a motion for summary adjudication that challenged all of PG&E's causes of action.2 The trial court determined the evidence showed MID owned the power plant and the transformer allegedly damaged by *420HART. The court concluded that because PG&E…