August 12, 2024
A Louisiana federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a $3.5 million settlement to resolve residents' claims against Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. over alleged contamination from creosoting facilities, over the objection of co-defendants BNSF and International Paper.
January 14, 2020
A Louisiana resident has hit International Paper Co., Occidental Petroleum Corp. and others with a putative class action suit alleging that the companies' prior wood treatment operations caused a toxic waste plume to migrate from the polluted site to his property.