Judge Judy's son wants to see lawsuits in wake of deadly LA wildfires: Public officials 'personally liable'

EXCLUSIVE - As the California wildfires proceed to blaze, a mates of fashionable TV judges accidental they're acceptable to spot immoderate consequences.

The California wildfires person burned countless homes and taken implicit 20 lives arsenic of this week. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom person taken the brunt of the blasted successful the aftermath of the devastation. Some allege the leaders failed to unafraid capable resources for the blaze, portion others person condemned Bass for going connected planetary question successful the midst of the inferno and cutting the city's occurrence section fund by millions.

Adam Levy and Tanya Acker, judges connected Amazon Freevee's "Tribunal Justice," told Fox News Digital they privation to spot immoderate accountability. Judge Patricia DiMango serves arsenic the 3rd justice connected the "Tribunal Justice" panel.

"I cognize a fig of radical whose homes person burned to the ground," said Acker. "And I cognize the communities that person burned oregon are burning… It's conscionable a truly hard time."

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The upwind whips embers portion a firefighter battles the occurrence successful the Angeles National Forest adjacent Mt. Wilson arsenic the wildfires pain successful the Los Angeles area, during the Eaton Fire successful Altadena, California, Jan. 9, 2025.  (REUTERS/Ringo Chiu)

Acker explained she felt "blessed and lucky" due to the fact that she lone had to evacuate concisely and was capable to instrumentality to her house.

Levy, the lad of Judge Judy, who serves arsenic a creator connected "Tribunal Justice," said helium hopes to spot immoderate lawsuits successful the aftermath of the inferno.

"I anticipation so," helium told Fox News Digital. "I do. But, you know, the occupation is that erstwhile determination are lawsuits filed, arsenic the suit that was precocious filed down successful New Orleans and the Bourbon Street massacre, if determination is simply a judgment, if you tin flooded issues of sovereign immunity and if you tin flooded issues of third-party liability for the transgression conduct, right, of 3rd parties and the issues of foreseeability which ever travel into play, taxpayers prime up the tab. I deliberation that strategy has to change." 

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"Palisades Fire" adjacent Brentwood vicinity successful Los Angeles, California, United States connected January 11, 2025. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

One suit has popped up against Southern California Edison successful effect to the Eaton fire. Trial instrumentality firms McNicholas & McNicholas, Becker Law Group and Singleton Schreiber filed the suit connected behalf of the victims impacted by the fire, alleging that Southern California Edison failed to comply with indispensable electrical and occurrence information standards, including failing to support powerfulness lines and overgrown vegetation, Fox 11 reported. The suit referred to it arsenic "gross negligence."

Levy pointed fingers astatine nationalist officials who helium said "know that they are immune from immoderate liability" and are "going to bash immoderate they person to bash to stay successful office."

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"Despite the information that the decisions that they're making are putting the bulk of their constituents astatine risk," Levy said. "You person to. That's my feeling. And that's coming from me. And I was a erstwhile DA. I acceptable policy. I acceptable my budget, and I did it ever with the information of my constituents successful mind… And unfortunately, determination are people, determination are politicians who don't hesitate to bash the incorrect happening truthful agelong arsenic it makes it much apt that they are re-elected. And we've got to alteration that. We person to marque definite that nationalist officials person tegument successful the game. And the lone mode we bash that is by changing the tort laws."

Acker said she hopes radical won't commencement dragging LA into a truly divisive nationalist conversation, but agreed that radical are entitled to inquire questions of California leadership.

"There's a quality betwixt benignant of trying to excavation successful and get astatine the basal origin of thing and conscionable benignant of trying to people governmental points," Acker said. "I deliberation the second is not helpful, but that doesn't mean that... We person to fig retired however and wherefore this happened. And radical request to beryllium held accountable for decisions that they made oregon didn't make. And, you know, we've got to marque definite that we bash a amended occupation of protecting this assemblage going forward. So, you know, pugnacious questions should beryllium asked. I mean, and the clip for doing that, I think, is going to proceed for the foreseeable aboriginal due to the fact that there's a batch to fig retired here."

Adam Levy, right, is Judge Judy Sheindlin's son, and stars with Judge Tanya Acker and Judge Patricia DiMango successful the bid "Tribunal Justice." (Michael Becker/Amazon Freevee)

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"I deliberation that we request to person a truly rigorous probe arsenic to what happened truthful we tin forestall this from happening again," she aboriginal added. "And we truly request to excavation successful and assistance these communities rebuild."

As for the reports that looters person started to instrumentality vantage of the communities successful flames, Acker held thing back. 

"I cannot deliberation of thing much despicable than trying to prey connected homes and properties that person been devastated, victimizing radical who are already going done 1 of the worst moments of their lives," Acker told Fox Digital. "I cannot deliberation of thing much despicable... I'm pleased that our territory lawyer has indicated that his bureau volition beryllium taking a pugnacious position, a pugnacious stance connected those who are preying connected people. And I mean, I conscionable I can't deliberation of thing much abhorrent." 

The Santa Monica Police Department has arrested 39 radical successful evacuation zones since the commencement of the Palisades Fire, SMPD told Fox News. Suspects were caught with daggers, window-breaking tools, masks, gloves and narcotics and different "burglary tools," according to police.

"This assemblage is truly going done 1 of the worst moments successful its history. And to exacerbate that symptom by victimizing people," Acker continued. "And I conscionable - I can't, I person nary words for it. And I anticipation that those who prosecute successful those kinds of activities are caught and prosecuted to the fullest grade possible."

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The 2nd play of "Tribunal Justice" debuts connected Prime Video connected Monday, January 27.