Valero Prevails On Tort Claims By Rancher; Court Says No Evidence Of Leak

Mealey's (December 20, 2022, 7:43 AM EST) -- MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma has granted Valero summary judgment, concluding that a rancher’s evidence that a 12-inch pipeline under the ranch leaked petroleum into the soil, water and air “is too speculative for res ipsa loquitur to apply.”...