Supporters say victims could get paid more quickly through Edison's plan, but lawyers say they might get shortchanged

Tom Wait speaks to Cathy Yanni, who supervised the fund that helped people recover from three massive fires in Northern California, to find more information that Eaton Fire victims should understand before deciding whether to sue SoCal Edison or participate in the compensation program.

Southern California Edison announced this week that it will create a program to compensate victims of January’s devastating Eaton Fire near Los Angeles, even as the cause of the blaze that killed 19 people remains under investigation.