Andrews v. Plains All American Pipeline, LP

  1. September 22, 2022

    Attys Secure $80M Fee Award In Calif. Oil Spill Settlement

    The California federal judge who oversaw the seven-year class action fight waged by California fishers and property owners harmed by an oil spill says the Lieff Cabraser and Keller Rohrback attorneys behind the litigation deserve their nearly $80 million payday.

  2. August 01, 2022

    Attys Seek $80M Fees For Calif. Oil Spill Settlement

    Counsel for a class of California fishers and property owners harmed by an oil spill have asked a judge to approve nearly $80 million in attorney fees and expenses for seven years of litigating the case against a pipeline company.

  3. May 27, 2022

    Judge Approves $230M Calif. Oil Spill Deal

    A $230 million payment is enough to put away allegations that Plains All American Pipeline LLP caused damage to California property owners and fishers during an oil spill seven years ago, a federal judge has ruled.

  4. May 16, 2022

    Plains Agrees To Pay $230M For 2015 Calif. Oil Spill

    Plains All American Pipeline LP has agreed to pay $230 million to put to bed allegations it caused damage to California property owners and fishers during an oil spill seven years ago.

  5. April 13, 2020

    Pipeline Co. Tries Again To Nix Spoiled-View Claims After Spill

    California residents who say a 140,000-gallon Plains All American Pipeline LP oil spill ruined their properties' views never proved they could see the beach from their land, so the court shouldn't have allowed their class claims to proceed, the company told a California federal court Friday.

  6. March 18, 2020

    Plains To Face Most Of Property Owners' Oil Spill Claims

    Plains All American Pipeline LP must face the majority of property owners' claims in a suit brought after a massive 2015 oil spill polluted the California coast, a Golden State federal court has ruled.

  7. November 21, 2019

    Judge Kills Oil Industry Group's Calif. Oil Spill Claims

    A California federal judge said a group of individuals and businesses in the oil industry didn't have the required "special relationship" with Plains All American Pipeline LP that would allow them to pursue negligence claims against the company stemming from a 2015 oil spill.

  8. April 18, 2018

    Third Time's The Charm For Class In Pipeline Oil Spill Suit

    A California federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of property owners and lessees who sued Plains All American Pipeline LP after a massive 2015 spill befouled the California coast, giving the class a green light after rejecting two previous attempts at certification.

  9. October 06, 2017

    Pipeline Co. Says Subclasses Are Too Big In Oil Spill Suit

    Plains All American Pipeline LP on Thursday urged a California federal judge not to certify an oil industry subclass and a property owner subclass in a suit over a May 2015 oil spill near Santa Barbara, saying the court was correct earlier, when it denied certification of those classes.

  10. August 28, 2017

    Court Trims Claims Against Pipeline Co. In Oil Spill Suit

    A California federal judge on Friday threw out several claims made by an oilfield service company and five oil workers against Plains All American Pipeline LP alleging that they are entitled to economic loss damages stemming from a 2015 pipeline spill near Santa Barbara that they blame on the company.