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... ]
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... ]
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... ]
On Saturday, officials announced that Plains All American Pipeline agreed to pay $230 million as a result of class action lawsuit filed against the company for the 2015 Santa Barbara oil spill. This settlement will go towards members of two classes in the lawsuit – the fishers, fish processors and shoreline property residents – for the damages caused seven years [ More... ]
A settlement has finally been reached in the seven year-lawsuit regarding the 2015 Santa Barbara oil spill. Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to pay $230 million to fishers, fish processors and shoreline property residents who are members of two classes in a class-action lawsuit filed against the company. The lawsuit was filed after a corroded pipeline spilled an estimated [ More... ]
Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to pay $230 million to fishers, fish processors and shoreline property residents who are members of two classes in a class action lawsuit filed against the company after a corroded pipeline spilled an estimated 15,000 barrels of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean in 2015. The class members are represented by Cappello & Noël [ More... ]
Lawsuits were filed May 18, 2020 in Santa Barbara Superior Court against Plains All American Pipeline by oil workers and service companies supporting offshore oil rigs. The plaintiffs lost their livelihoods when the May 2015 oil spill shut down oil drilling offshore Santa Barbara. Peter Trejo et. al. vs. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., SB Superior Court, May 18, 2020, [ More... ]
In a March 17 ruling, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez of the Central District of California denied Plains All American Pipeline’s attempt to escape liability for the harm its 2015 Refugio State Beach oil spill in Santa Barbara caused to coastal property owners after the rupture of its Santa Barbara County pipeline. The spill occurred when a 10-mile-long, 24-inch-wide [ More... ]
Santa Barbara Independent - By Jean Yamamura, Feb 22, 2020. The trials continue of Plains All American Pipeline, the Texas-based company that was found guilty in 2018 of releasing 3,400 barrels of oil into the Pacific Ocean near Refugio Beach in May 2015. Most recently in Judge James Herman’s courtroom, Plains brought a motion to strike some victims’ ability to [ More... ]
On January 28, 2020, United States District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez certified a class action lawsuit 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 [ More... ]
