Civil Litigation,
Environmental & Energy
Aug. 9, 2018
State, city, county settle gas leak case for $119.5M
The settlement did not include an order to shut down the Aliso Canyon Facility, an outcome Save Porter Ranch group wanted.
From left, Louis R. (Skip) Miller, partner, Miller Barondess LLP; Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger; Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
LOS ANGELES -- Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a $119.5 million settlement with the Southern California Gas Company on Wednesday, ending the state's litigation over the 2015 gas blowout from a ruptured well in the Porter Ranch neighborhood but leaving thousands of plaintiffs still lined up for private lawsuits.
If approved by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, the settlement will require that SoCalGas monitor metha...
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