Principal Law:

State Law–Strict Liability

13 Cases found

County of Maui v. Sunoco LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Haw.
Status: n/a [ 10/30/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for climate change impacts allegedly caused by companies' conduct.

Stewart v. Entergy Corp.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: 5th Cir.
Status: Remand order affirmed. [ 05/27/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold an electricity provider liable for damages allegedly sustained as a result of the failure of electrical infrastructure during Hurricane Ida.

Anne Arundel County v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Md.
Status: Court reserved ruling on defendants' motion to stay proceedings. [ 06/27/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for the consequences of climate change in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Md.
Status: Court reserved ruling on defendants' motion to stay proceedings. [ 06/27/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by the City of Annapolis against fossil fuel companies seeking damages and other relief based on the companies' alleged concealment of information about their products' contribution to climate change.

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.S.C.
Status: Proceedings stayed pending Fourth Circuit's decision on remand in the Baltimore case. [ 05/27/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for the impacts of climate change on the City of Charleston.

State v. American Petroleum Institute

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: 8th Cir.
Status: Letter filed by Minnesota regarding citations of supplemental authority (Fourth Circuit decision in Baltimore case and First Circuit decision in Rhode Island case). [ 05/27/2022 ]
Description: Action brought by Minnesota against members of the fossil fuel industry for allegedly causing climate change harms by misleading the public by downplaying the threat of climate change and the role of their products in causing climate change.

City & County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Remand orders affirmed. [ 07/07/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for alleged conduct that the City and County of Honolulu contends actually and proximately caused climate change impacts.

Von Oeyen v. Southern California Edison Co.

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/08/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking damages from utility and owner of former rocket engine test and nuclear research facility in connection with destruction of homes and other property by the Woolsey Fire in Malibu.

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Clerk's notice issued continuing case management conference. [ 11/30/2020 ]
Description: Action by a commercial fishing industry trade group to hold fossil fuel companies liable for adverse climate change impacts to the ocean off the coasts of California and Oregonthat resulted in "prolonged closures" of Dungeness crab fisheries.

Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 1st Cir.
Status: Petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc denied. [ 07/07/2022 ]
Description: State of Rhode Island lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for causing climate change impacts that adversely affect Rhode Island and jeopardize State-owned or -operated facilities, real property, and other assets.