MELBOURNE – Survivors of one of the worst bushfires in Australia have won a payout of almost A$500m ($470m), in the country’s largest class action settlement. Some 10,000 plaintiffs sued a power company for negligence over the fire. The case centred on the most deadly blaze on Black Saturday, on 7 February 2009, when wildfires swept…
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