Civil Litigation
Mar. 23, 2020
Homeowners class can sue pipeline over Santa Barbara spill
The majority of the claims brought by a subclass of property owners residing along 130 miles of the Pacific Coast Highway affected by the oil spill will remain in the case, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez ruled.
A federal judge refused to throw out the majority of the claims filed by a subclass of beachfront property owners against a Texas oil company responsible for a 2015 oil spill.
The incident occurred May 19, 2015 northwest of Santa Barbara. The oil flooded onto hundreds of properties, coastal bluffs, beaches and into the Pacific Ocean, plaintiffs say. It resulted in closures of public beach access and destroyed marine life and natura...
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