Hawaii Wildfire Victims Spared From Testifying After Last-Minute Deal Over $4 Billion Settlement

Hawaii Wildfire Victims Spared From Testifying After Last-Minute Deal Over $4 Billion Settlement
Wildfire wreckage is shown in Lahaina, Hawaii on Aug. 10, 2023. Rick Bowmer/AP Photo
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HONOLULU—Lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire reached a last-minute deal averting a trial that was scheduled to begin Wednesday over how to split a $4 billion settlement.

The agreement means victims and survivors will not have to testify, reliving in court details of the massive inferno in Lahaina that killed more than 100 people, destroyed thousands of properties and caused an estimated $5.5 billion worth of damage.