December 07, 2020
A contractor can't reduce the $3 million in damages it owes to the owner of a shipping terminal for an oil spill because there's no proof the money won't be divvied up with other deserving parties, a California federal judge said.
June 22, 2020
A contractor is recycling the same argument for a third time in an attempt to escape paying its half of $6 million in cleanup costs for an oil spill, the owner of a Los Angeles terminal told a California federal court.
June 10, 2020
A contractor held partially liable for a Los Angeles oil spill has urged a federal court to reduce a $3 million verdict an oil terminal owner won, arguing the owner only paid a 12th of the cleanup costs out of pocket while the rest was covered by insurance.
January 29, 2020
A federal jury has awarded over $3 million to Los Angeles oil terminal owner Vopak Americas after finding that a contractor hired to test Vopak's lines, CMAC Construction, was liable for an oil spill that happened when valves were left open overnight and allegedly necessitated a multi-month, $6 million cleanup.