San Bruno explosion case against PG&E could be hard to prove

Jesse Choper quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, April 2, 2014

“It is certainly not unheard of to find a corporation guilty of an offense and impose fines. It is much less common to impose fines or prison sentences on directors, officers, or employees of a corporation,” says Jesse Choper…. “The court or jury would have to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt of a specific federal offense.”