Lawsuit against North Plains Electric for damages in March 2017 fire heard in 31st District Court
Opening arguments were presented before a jury in Hemphill County’s 31st District Courtroom last Tuesday, May 4, in a lawsuit filed against North Plains Electric Cooperative in relation to the March 6, 2017 wildfire that burned approximately 320,000 acres of grassland in Ochiltree, Lipscomb, and Hemphill counties.
The “Perryton Fire”—one of three massive wildfires that occurre...