Environmental Damage
Shipping Companies Limitations Claims Actions
This litigation is gathering claims from business and property owners that may have losses related to the October 2021 oil spill in Orange County near Huntington Beach. The limitations action was filed because of allegations against the MCS Danit ship and its owners MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and Dordellas Finance Corp. and the M/V Beijing Read more
KLM Airlines Misrepresentation of Carbon Offsets Class Action
The flag carrier airline for the Netherlands is known as Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, NV, or KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. This class action takes issue with KLM’s advertising campaign encouraging consumers to “Fly Responsibly” to reduce the effects of climate change by using carbon offsets. Read more
Monsanto PCB Water Impairment Settlement
Monsanto Company, Solutia, Inc., and Pharmacia, LLC are paying $550 million to settle a class action alleging the contamination of the environment, particularly water, by industrial chemicals called PCBs. The plaintiffs are a group of cities and other entities, including, among others, Long Beach, Baltimore, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oakland, Spokane, and Tacoma. Monsanto manufactured the Read more
Plains Santa Barbara Oil Spill Settlement
Plains All American Pipeline, LP and Plains Pipeline, LP are settling a class action alleging they caused the rupture of an underground pipeline, creating an oil spill along the coastline around Santa Barbara County, California on May 19, 2015, with oil washing up on coastal properties and beaches. The complaint alleged the oil spill caused Read more
PCC Structurals Metals on Residential Properties
Precision Castparts Corp. and PPC Structurals, Inc. are settling a class action about whether operations at PCC’s Large Parts Campus interfered with the use and enjoyment of certain residential properties in Southeast Portland. The complaint alleged the facility emitted or deposited metals, including nickel, that were used in the process of making nickel-based superalloys, titanium, Read more
3M, Others PFAS Contamination of Tennessee River Settlement
This settlement resolves a pollution class action against 3M Company, Daikin America, Inc., Dyneon, LLC, Synagro WWT, Inc., Synagro South, LLC, Toray Fluorofibers (America), Inc., BFI Waste Systems of Alabama, LLC, BFI Waste Systems of North America, LLC, the City of Decatur, Alabama, and Morgan County, Alabama. The complaint alleges that the companies released certain Read more
Voestalpine Dust Settlement
This settlement resolves class actions against three companies—Voestalpine Texas, LLC, Voestalpine Texas Holding, LLC, and Voestalpine US Holding, LLC—about an escape of dust from a facility in Portland, Texas. The complaint alleges that the event began in August 2016 and did damage to both real and personal property in the area, causing nuisance or trespass. Read more
Amplify Energy Oil Spill Personal, Business, and Commercial Losses Class Action
A number of lawsuits have been filed against Amplify Energy Corporation, Beta Operation Company, LLC (which does business as Beta Offshore), and the San Pedro Bay Pipeline Company, and assorted Does, or unknown persons, over the October 2021 oil spill in the San Pedro Bay. This class action is another one. Its complaint states, “This Read more
Petersburgh, NY PFOA in Water Settlement
Tonoga, Inc., which does business as Taconic, is spending more than $23 million to settle a class action alleging it owns a facility in the Town of Petersburgh, New York that released perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that contaminated the Town Public Water System and private wells. The complaint alleged that residents of Petersburgh unknowingly consumers water Read more
Huntington Beach Oil Spill Effects on Children Class Action
Like a number of recent class actions, this one sets responsibility for the Huntington Beach Oil Spill on three companies: Amplify Energy Corporation, Beta Operating Company, LLC, and Sam Pedro Bay Pipeline Company. Because they did not prevent the pipeline rupture or stop the oil from escaping promptly, the complaint alleges, children are being affected Read more