Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
May 27, 2022
Consolidated class action will proceed in oil spill litigation
“Once a complaint for limitation of liability is filed by a vessel owner, courts generally stay applicable claims against the vessel owner,” Judge David O. Carter wrote Wednesday. “However, the limitation act is not ‘limitless’ as certain claims do not fall within its purview.”
A consolidated class action against Amplify Energy Corp. over the 2021 Huntington Beach oil spill will proceed toward trial along with the company’s claims against owners of cargo ships it blames for tearing a hole in its pipeline, a federal judge has ordered.
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana rejected the shipowners’ argument that the Limitation of Liability Act blocks Amplify from suing under the Oil Pollution Act. Carter’s...
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