The parents of a camp counselor crushed to death by a falling tree near Yosemite National Park are suing Pacific Gas & Electric and the camp’s arborist.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported the family of 21-year-old Annais Rittenberg contends the arborist and a tree contractor for the utility were negligent.
An 80-foot oak near power lines fell onto benches at Camp Tawonga in Tuolumne (Too-AHL’-uh-mee) County on July 3. Four other women were injured.
The suit, filed Wednesday in San Francisco, contends the tree was in a “zone of grave danger,” and inspectors should have known it was dangerously weak.
A PG&E spokeswoman says the utility hadn’t received the suit and had no comment. The Chronicle reports the tree-inspection companies were unavailable for comment.
Topics Lawsuits California
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