August 29, 2024
Halliburton and more than 30 companies seeking to recover costs associated with the cleanup of long-accumulated contamination at a Superfund site have struck a settlement in California federal court in an attempt to bring to a close a decade of litigation.
January 19, 2023
Halliburton said three companies cannot avoid depositions in a suit over costs associated with the cleanup of long-accumulated contamination at a California Superfund site, refuting the companies' claims its deposition requests qualify as harassment.
January 09, 2017
Exxon Mobil Corp. filed counterclaims Friday against several defense, health care and media companies in a suit over costs associated with the cleanup of long-accumulated contamination at a central California Superfund site, arguing the plaintiffs should be held responsible for costs.
September 12, 2016
A California federal judge refused Friday to toss a suit by a slew of defense, health care and media companies against Exxon Mobil Corp. for the costs associated with cleanup of decades of contamination at a Central California Superfund site.
August 25, 2016
ExxonMobil Oil Corp. and a heat treating company continued to urge a California federal judge on Thursday to not force them to fund cleanup costs at a central California Superfund site, arguing that a settlement bars them from having to contribute.
August 19, 2016
The federal government on Thursday asked a federal court to not let Exxon Mobil Oil Corp. and Continental Heat Treating Inc. escape some responsibility for cleanup of a California site, arguing a prior settlement didn't cover them from having to contribute.
August 04, 2016
A group of defense, health care and media companies including Raytheon Corp. said Wednesday that ExxonMobil Corp. can't escape some responsibility for cleanup costs at a central California Superfund site, arguing a prior settlement doesn't protect the oil giant from having to contribute.
July 11, 2016
ExxonMobil Oil Corp. and a heat treating company on Friday asked a California federal judge not to force them to fund to cleanup costs at a central California Superfund site, arguing that a prior settlement precludes them from having to contribute.
August 13, 2015
A California federal judge on Wednesday tossed public nuisance claims against Union Pacific Railroad Co. in a suit over cleanup costs at a central California Superfund site, finding voluntarily incurred investigation costs do not constitute a special injury.
March 20, 2015
Continental Heat Treating Inc. on Thursday urged a California federal judge to dismiss claims against a defunct limited partnership over cleanup costs at a central California Superfund site, arguing a judgment against it would be ineffective since it no longer exists.