Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Apr. 26, 2021
PG&E can be sued over pollution from plant it says it never owned
“PG&E is alleged to have been responsible for the operation of the Cannery MGP, and even though the alleged pollution first occurred more than a century ago, it cannot be said to have been ‘purely passive,’” U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick ruled.
A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. claiming a gas plant its predecessors used to operate continues to pollute the surrounding area
Instead, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick ruled Thursday that alleged violations of the Clean Water Act were timely pleaded. He found that each unpermitted discharge of contaminants into ...
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