Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 21, 2022
Judge praises attorneys, OKs $230M oil spill deal
“The arguments were always presented well and the briefs were always terrific. The lawyers disagreed but always gave the court what was necessary to make a decision,” said U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez at the end of seven years of litigation over the Santa Barbara oil spill.
A federal judge approved a final $230 million settlement between Santa Barbara fishermen and an oil company responsible for spilling 10,750 barrels of crude into the Pacific Ocean at a hearing on Tuesday following seven years of litigation.
"This is an outstanding result for our class and for the environment," said Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP partner Robert J. Nelson, one of the attorneys representing class members in a laws...
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