Principal Law:

State Law–Strict Liability

7 Cases found

City & County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Haw. Cir. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/09/2020 ]
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.

Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Co.

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Cal.
Status: Plaintiffs filed amended motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order. [ 08/30/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to decommissioning plan for nuclear generating station in California based in part on climate change risks.

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: Joint stipulation to stay proceedings filed. [ 01/02/2019 ]
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.

Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Brief of amicus curiae Energy Policy Advocates filed in support of petitioners. [ 04/30/2020 ]
Description: City of Baltimore lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change impacts.

Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 1st Cir.
Status: Letter filed by Rhode Island regarding supplemental authority. [ 05/08/2020 ]
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.