Andrews v. Plains All American Pipeline, LP

  1. July 06, 2017

    Oil Contractors Can't Collect On Spill, Pipeline Co. Says

    Plains All American Pipeline LP told a California federal judge Thursday that an oil field service company and five oil workers aren't entitled to economic loss damages stemming from a 2015 pipeline spill near Santa Barbara because they weren't employed by Plains or the companies that produced oil shipped along the pipeline.

  2. March 01, 2017

    Fisher, Fish Industry Subclass Win Cert. In Calif. Spill Suit

    A California federal judge certified a fisher and fish industry subclass Tuesday in a suit against Plains All American Pipeline LP over a May 2015 oil spill near Santa Barbara but denied the same status to three other proposed subclasses.

  3. October 04, 2016

    Pipeline Co. Slams Class Cert. Bid In Calif. Spill Suit

    Plains All American Pipeline LP urged a California federal judge on Monday to reject a class certification bid in a suit over a May 2015 oil spill near Santa Barbara, California, arguing that individuals and businesses would have to show individual evidence of injury.

  4. September 19, 2016

    Pipeline Co. Wins OK Of Oil Spill Claim Release Form

    A California federal judge has approved a release form proposed by Plains All American Pipeline LP that would allow businesses and residents to receive cash in exchange for releasing their rights to join a putative class action over a May 2015 oil spill near Santa Barbara, California, rejecting opposition to the release brought by attorneys for the proposed class.

  5. September 07, 2016

    Pipeline Co. Trying To 'Gut' Spill Suit, Proposed Class Says

    Plains All-American Pipeline LP is once again trying to undermine litigation over its May 2015 oil spill near Santa Barbara, California, a proposed class of businesses and residents alleged in court documents on Tuesday, saying the company is improperly trying to get potential class members to sign away their right to join the suit.

  6. March 04, 2016

    Plains Escapes Some Pipeline Spill Claims, But Most Remain

    Plains All American Pipeline got three claims tossed in the putative class action over its May 2015 oil spill near Santa Barbara, California, but the majority will remain, a federal judge ruled Friday, a day after he ordered the company to stop misleading potential class members about their rights to relief.

  7. February 26, 2016

    Pipeline Co.'s Payouts Not Enough To Stay Spill Suit

    Plains All American Pipeline LP can't pause a putative class action over the May 2015 oil pipeline spill near Santa Barbara, California, a federal judge said Thursday, ruling that even though the company is already directly paying claims under federal law, it isn't enough to stay the lawsuit.

  8. September 16, 2015

    Plaintiffs Look To Combine Six Calif. Oil Spill Suits

    Plaintiffs in six of seven putative class actions pending in federal court against Plains All American Pipeline LP after one of its pipelines ruptured near Santa Barbara, California, on Tuesday moved to consolidate their cases in the Central District of California.

  9. June 02, 2015

    Urchin Fisherman Stings Plains With Suit Over Pipeline Spill

    A sea urchin fisherman on Monday filed a proposed class action against Plains All American Pipeline LP in California federal court, saying the pipeline owner didn't have adequate safety measures in place that could've at least mitigated the recent oil spill near Santa Barbara.