Represented BP West Coast Products in a 400-plaintiff toxic tort case alleging personal injury and property loss due to exposure to emissions from BP's Carson, California Refinery. The plaintiffs, both adults and children, live in the neighborhood adjacent to the refinery and allege that its airborne emissions have caused numerous illnesses, including cancer, asthma and other respiratory problems.
Represented The Irvine Company in a declaratory relief action brought by The Irvine Company against Orange County seeking confirmation that the County bore responsibility for remediation of an a landfill under a contract between the parties. The County argued that The Irvine Company was not properly controlling methane and other gases from the landfill causing fires and exposing nearby residents.
Represented ARCO in a criminal investigation relating to its underground storage tank compliance across California and against public nuisance claims relating to underground storage tanks.
Represented a major California public utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, regarding environmental issues related to the divestiture of a majority of its fossil fuel power plants resulting from the deregulation of California's electric industry.
Represented Tosco Refining Company in an action brought under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act and unfair business practice statutes alleging failure to warn of exposure to petroleum coke and related toxic substances in the Port of Long Beach area and property damage to nearby businesses and residences.
Represented the owner of a chemical manufacturing facility in a toxic tort case brought by residents of a housing project adjacent to the facility. Several hundred plaintiffs alleged exposure to chemicals in the groundwater and airborne emissions from the facility and claimed to suffer a wide variety of injuries.
