Principal Law:

State Law–Strict Liability

14 Cases found

Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.P.R.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/22/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by municipalities in Puerto Rico seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for losses resulting from storms during the 2017 hurricane season and ongoing economic losses since 2017.

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: Temporary stay of remand order continued until further notice. [ 10/27/2022 ]
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: Temporary stay of remand order continued until further notice. [ 10/27/2022 ]
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: Supplemental opening brief filed in support of motion to remand to state court. [ 09/27/2022 ]
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: Response filed by appellants to Minnesota's citation of supplemental authority (Third Circuit decision in Hoboken/Delaware cases). [ 08/31/2022 ]
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: Mandate issued. [ 07/29/2022 ]
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.