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Civil Litigation,
Environmental & Energy

Sep. 19, 2019

Plaintiffs’ still want Porter Ranch cause report admitted

Plaintiffs’ counsel plan to continue pressing LASC Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl to admit the much-awaited Porter Ranch root cause analysis report into trial, despite her Aug. 29 decision

LOS ANGELES -- Plaintiffs lawyers say they will continue to press a superior court judge to allow as evidence a root cause analysis report into the massive 2015 gas leak near Porter Ranch, north of Los Angeles.

Southern California Gas Co. sought to suppress the report, arguing the issue presented a question of statutory interpretation, most notably, California Public Utilities Code Section 315, which states accident reports are deem...

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