Southern California wildfire roundup

-- This LA Times story about AIG's private fire crews that are brought in to protect enclaves of million-dollar-plus homes has an undertone of resentment. I saw a number of blog posts about this story, all ranging along the scale from upset to outraged. I posted about AIG's firefighters before these wildfires began, and as I indicated in that post, I'm curious what kind of lawsuits will eventually arise out of this practice. When it comes to insurance, eventually all angles of recovery will be tried. Even if does result in scattered litigation, however, it's worth it to AIG to avoid as many massive first-party claims as possible. Why do I think this will result in litigation at some point? As the outraged blog posts I saw indicated, this practice is particularly prone to be used in a