January 11, 2017
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles has reached a settlement with several companies that operated on a former steel mill site, from which it sought to recoup costs for cleaning up contamination, only days before a trial was set to begin.
August 04, 2015
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles on Monday urged a federal judge to find that several companies that operated on a former steel mill site may be held liable for trespass and nuisance claims for alleged soil contamination.
February 18, 2015
A California federal judge ruled Tuesday that Becker Bros. Steel Supply Co. can't enforce a settlement against a real estate developer in a suit over a contaminated Los Angeles site's cleanup, because the admissible evidence didn't show the parties intended to be bound by draft agreements their counsel exchanged.
February 05, 2015
A California federal judge on Thursday tossed Enerfab Inc.'s lawsuit against URS Corp. seeking cleanup cost contributions for the contamination of a former steel mill site, finding the claim is barred under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
January 26, 2015
A California federal judge on Monday handed the Los Angeles Housing Authority a win in its bid to get cleanup help from companies that operated on a former steel mill site, finding they may be held accountable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act.
December 16, 2014
A California federal judge on Monday denied agricultural services company GK Technologies Inc.'s bid for an early exit from a suit seeking to recoup environmental cleanup costs at the site of a former steel mill, ruling that the liability of a company acquired by GK in 1978 remains in dispute.