Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Oct. 19, 2021
New proposed class alleges possible long-term injury from oil spill
“There are all types of things that can be caused by every possible exposure to every possible chemical we think of. We can’t just file any case in the abstract based on the theory that we know this will happen someday, especially if you are asking to create a class,” said Wylie A. Aitken of Aitken Aitken Cohn in Santa Ana.
A Texas company's alleged failure to maintain a pipeline that spilled about 25,000 gallons of crude oil off the coast of Orange County will result in widespread and long-term health effects to young, vulnerable children, a proposed class action states.
It's too early to assign blame, the company said in a statement Monday.
Filed Sunday by The Tidrick Law Firm in Oakland, the complaint seeks $5 million in damages...
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