April 24, 2023
A federal judge on Monday approved a $50 million class action settlement for Amplify Energy's 2021 oil pipeline leak along the Southern California coast that will also net the attorneys $14 million in fees, reimbursed litigation expenses and service awards for class members.
March 23, 2023
The maritime monitor for commercial traffic in San Pedro Bay urged a California federal judge to put an end to Amplify Energy Corp.'s insurers' claims seeking to hold it responsible for a crude oil pipeline leak, saying it had no duty to inform the company of damage to the pipe.
February 10, 2023
A consortium of shipping companies have tentatively agreed to pay $45 million to people injured from an oil leak in an underwater pipeline that released about 25,000 gallons of crude oil offshore of Huntington Beach, California, settling claims that container ships hit the pipeline with their anchors during heavy weather in January 2021.
February 06, 2023
The maritime monitor for commercial traffic in San Pedro Bay can't escape a lawsuit by Amplify Energy Corp. which seeks to hold it partially responsible for a crude oil pipeline leak which has cost the company roughly $69 million, a California federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting the entity's claims that it operates under the U.S. Coast Guard.
January 26, 2023
Attorneys for putative classes in a suit against Amplify Energy over an oil pipeline leak along the Southern California coast asked a federal judge to award them nearly $14 million in fees, reimbursed litigation expenses and service awards for class members, after securing a $50 million deal for their claims.
October 18, 2022
Amplify Energy has agreed to pay $50 million to three proposed classes who claim they were harmed by a major crude oil pipeline leak from one of the company's lines off the coast of Southern California, according to a motion for preliminary approval filed in California federal court.
August 25, 2022
Amplify Energy Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to settle hundreds of claims from Southern California residents and businesses that they were harmed by a massive crude oil pipeline leak offshore.
July 13, 2022
Two container ships, their owners and companies that work on them say they can't be forced to help pay for damages arising from an oil spill last year in California, arguing an oil company's complaints against them miss the mark.
May 23, 2022
The parties mired in litigation over an October 2021 oil spill off the Southern California coast sparred Monday over which issue should proceed first: claims brought by a proposed class of businesses and residents, or the request from container ships to exonerate themselves or limit their liability.
April 20, 2022
The owner of a massive container ship and a maritime monitor on Tuesday urged a California federal judge to dismiss claims that their negligence caused an October pipeline spill off the coast of Southern California that has spawned class action litigation against the pipeline's owner.