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Easement Class Action Filed Against Plains All American Pipeline

An amended class action and individual lawsuits were filed against Plains All American Pipeline by Santa Barbara County property owners who have easement contracts with Plains and whose properties were impacted during the 2015 Refugio oil spill. (Grey Fox, LLC et. al v. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., et. al, U.S. District Court, Central District, Case Number 2:16-cv-03157-PSG-JEM, December 17, [ More... ]

By |2020-09-02T10:32:23-07:00December 21st, 2018|Class Actions, Firm News, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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Oil Industry Workers & Businesses Could Be Part of Class Action Lawsuit

The following is being released by the law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Keller Rohrback LLP, Cappello & Noël LLP, and Audet & Partners LLP about the lawsuit Andrews v. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., No. 2:15-cv-04113. A class action lawsuit against Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. ("Plains Pipeline") has been certified as a class action for another [ More... ]

By |2020-09-02T12:50:19-07:00November 5th, 2018|Class Actions, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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Judge Certifies Real Property Class in Oil Spill Litigation

A U.S. District Court judge certified a real property class in a case against Houston, Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline arising out of the May 2015 oil spill that discharged hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the ocean and onto beaches along the California coast. Class members are owners and lessees of residential beachfront properties and residential [ More... ]

By |2018-04-25T12:20:09-07:00April 19th, 2018|Class Actions, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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Oil Industry Class Certified in Santa Barbara Oil Spill

A U.S. District Court judge certified a class of oil workers and businesses contracted to provide services, supplies or personnel to seven offshore oil platforms and three onshore processing facilities impacted by Plains All American Pipeline's May 19, 2015 oil pipeline rupture near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County. (Keith Andrews, et. al. vs. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., [ More... ]

By |2020-09-02T10:18:45-07:00February 12th, 2018|Class Actions, Firm News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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So. Calif. Edison Class Action–Thomas Fire & Montecito Mudslides

A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday against Southern California Edison alleging the company knowingly and continually violated safety procedures, which lead to the devastating Thomas Fire and Montecito mudslides. The named plaintiffs are individuals and small businesses who suffered property damage and lost income because of the Thomas Fire.

By |2018-04-25T12:30:18-07:00January 25th, 2018|Class Actions, Firm News, News|
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Shift in offshore drilling policy is a step back

When will America learn that offshore oil drilling in the waters off our coast is a disaster certain to happen again? It seemed our nation was coming to its senses about the pristine nature of our coastal waters; just as the world was beginning to reduce its dependence on oil; we take two giant steps back.

By |2020-09-02T13:44:28-07:00January 19th, 2018|Class Actions, Firm News, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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Hearing Date Set in Refugio Oil Spill Criminal Case, Class Action Advances

The criminal case against Plains All-American Pipeline regarding the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill will next be in court in November for a trial call date, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office. A county Grand Jury indicted the company on 46 criminal counts one year after the May 19, 2015, spill, in which a 24-inch Plains crude oil [ More... ]

By |2018-02-13T16:19:52-08:00April 11th, 2017|Class Actions, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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Santa Barbara News-Press: Fisher class certified in Plains All American lawsuit

A judge certified one of four groups in a federal class-action lawsuit stemming from the Plains All American oil spill in 2015. U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez last week certified the "fisher and fish industry" subclass, but denied certification for the property owner, oil industry and tourism industry subclasses. In ruling that "fishers and those that purchased fish from [ More... ]

By |2018-02-13T16:19:59-08:00March 10th, 2017|Class Actions, Firm News, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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KEYT-TV: Fisherman can move forward against Plains All American

Here's a news report by KEYT-TV about a United States District Court judge's ruling that a class action brought by fishermen affected by the Plains All American Santa Barbara oil spill can move forward. The interview, with Cappello & Noël law partner Leila Noël, appeared March 6, 2017. KEYT-TV, March 6, 2017 - this link is no longer available. More [ More... ]

By |2020-08-18T14:27:02-07:00March 7th, 2017|Class Actions, Firm News, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions|
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Federal Court Judge Certifies Fisheries Class Action Against Plains All American

A United States District Court judge ruled February 28 that fishing businesses affected by the May 2015 Plains All American pipeline spill in Santa Barbara County can move forward with their class action lawsuit against the oil company. The judge denied plaintiffs’ request for certification of three other subclasses, but indicated that he would consider certification of a narrower group [ More... ]

By |2022-08-31T20:16:05-07:00March 6th, 2017|Class Actions, Firm News, News|
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