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$70 Million Settlement Now Final For Central Coast Property Owners in Oil Pipeline Spill Easement Class Action Against Sable Offshore Corp. And Subsidiary

A $70 million settlement for private property owners with easements for the oil pipeline formerly owned by Plains All American is now final. The appeal period for the class action settlement expired on October 17, 2024, and settlement payments will be made in the first half of November.  The settlement resolves all class claims brought by the property owners. (Grey [ More... ]

By |2024-11-05T10:43:53-08:00November 4th, 2024|Class Actions, Firm News, News, Santa Barbara Oil Spill & Plains All American Pipeline Class Actions, Uncategorized|
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$19 Million Jury Award for Passport 420 in Insurance Bad Faith Case Against Starr Insurance related to Jet Seizure and Michael Avenatti Misconduct

A Santa Barbara County jury found that Starr Indemnity & Liability Company acted in bad faith and with malice and oppression when it refused to pay an insurance claim submitted by Passport 420, LLC, its policyholder.  (Passport 420 LLC et al vs Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. et al, Santa Barbara Superior Court, 19CV03596). Passport’s jet was seized in April [ More... ]

By |2024-10-10T08:54:53-07:00October 10th, 2024|Firm News|
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PCBT: $70M Refugio oil spill deal gets tentative OK

Nine years after the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill along the Santa Barbara coastline, a federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a $70 million class action settlement to nearly 90 property owners. U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez issued his ruling May 1. It was announced May 9. If finalized in September, the settlement will be paid by Houston-based Sable [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:29:30-07:00May 17th, 2024|Firm News, News|
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$70 Million Class Action Settlement Reached For Property Owners Damaged By Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill

On May 1, 2024, nine years after a pipeline ruptured along the Santa Barbara coastline spilling oil onto private property, Refugio State Beach and into the Pacific Ocean, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez granted preliminary approval of a $70 million class action settlement to property owners to resolve all outstanding class claims (Grey Fox, LLC et. al v. Plains [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:29:28-07:00May 3rd, 2024|Class Actions, Firm News|
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Cappello & Noël LLP Adds Attorney Andrew Dickerson

Andrew Dickerson is now an associate at the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP. Dickerson previously worked at the firm as a paralegal and became an associate upon passing the California State Bar exam in 2023. Dickerson’s practice includes civil litigation, and class actions/mass torts. He is involved in all of the firm’s cases, from intake to preparing [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:20:57-07:00September 20th, 2023|Firm News, News|
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Barry Cappello and Leila Noël Included in 2024 Best Lawyers in America, Firm Included in 2024 Best Law Firms in America

Barry Cappello and Leila Noël, partners in the Santa Barbara law firm Cappello & Noël LLP, were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The firm was recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Law Firms in America. Both attorneys were recognized for their legal skills in mass tort litigation and plaintiff class [ More... ]

By |2023-09-14T12:24:01-07:00September 14th, 2023|Firm News|
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Edison’s Thomas Fire demurrers sustained, plaintiffs can amend/Daily Journal

Edison demurred to the class action claims on the grounds that a utility cannot be held liable to third parties for purely economic loss resulting from a public disaster, according to a 2019 ruling in Southern California Gas Leak Cases. Highberger on Tuesday overruled the demurrer as to claims of inverse condemnation, private nuisance and trespass, while sustaining with leave [ More... ]

By |2023-03-23T09:55:33-07:00March 23rd, 2023|Class Actions, Firm News, News, Thomas Fire & Montecito Mudslides Class Actions|
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Barry Cappello Named a Member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100

Barry Cappello was once again named a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100. The association is invitation-only and is comprised of an elite group of civil plaintiff and criminal defense trial lawyers from each state. Each member goes through a third-party research and review process. According to the National Trial Lawyers, members are those “who demonstrate superior qualifications [ More... ]

By |2023-03-09T11:04:01-08:00March 9th, 2023|Firm News, News|
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SB Independent: Hollister Ranch Lawsuit Lives On to Fight Another Day

Eight attorneys were gathered, in person and virtually, in Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Colleen Sterne’s courtroom on Monday morning, in the hope of influencing her ruling that saved a Hollister Ranch lawsuit from an early death. Three were from the state Attorney General’s Office, and one was Barry Cappello, arguably the litigator’s litigator in Santa Barbara. By Jean Yamamura Mon [ More... ]

By |2022-12-06T10:32:27-08:00December 6th, 2022|Environmental Law, Firm News, News, Real Estate & Land Use Law|
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Judge Approves $230 Million Settlement for Fishing Industry Members And Shoreline Residents Damaged By Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Santa Barbara Oil Spill

On September 20, Federal District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez granted final approval of a combined $230 million class action settlement arising out of Plains All American Pipeline’s 2015 Refugio Oil Spill on the Santa Barbara coast. The court’s approval clears the way for the settlement administrator to begin processing and paying claims submitted by affected fishers and property owners. [ More... ]

By |2024-09-27T05:29:28-07:00September 22nd, 2022|Class Actions, Complex Business Litigation, Firm News, News, Toxic Tort|
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