Environmental & Energy,
Ediscovery,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 14, 2022
Oil spill plaintiffs say ship owners are delaying discovery
In addition to matters of discovery, the trial cannot commence until the pipeline itself is recovered from the ocean and inspected — a process that is proving unruly on its own, said Wylie A. Aitken of Aitken Aitken Cohn in Santa Ana.




An oil company that paid $17.9 million to settle criminal charges related to a 2021 Huntington Beach oil spill criticized the owners of ships alleged to have caused the accident for failing to produce meaningful documents in a class action where the oil company and the individual plaintiffs settled, then joined forces.
After paying the hefty criminal fine, Amplify Energy Corp. and subsidiaries joined class members they had settled with fo...
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