# class action cases lawsuits

The Other BP Catastrophe » BP's problem-plagued Texas City refinery — where a 2005 explosion killed 15 and injured 170 — now faces two civil lawsuits stemming from its release this spring of more than 500,000 pounds of cancer-causing pollutants over 40 days. One suit seeks $10 billion on behalf of 2,000 exposed workers; the other, filed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, seeks more than $1 million in fines. Both aim to punish the company for one of the largest chemical emissions events the state has ever seen. Texastribune.org

Lawsuits take aim at BP for ‘unconscionable’ prices during 2021 cold snap in Kansas • Kansas Reflector » Kansas residents sued over alleged profiteering during Winter Storm Uri, which caused natural gas prices to spike at 200 times normal levels. Kansasreflector.com

Attorney General Bonta Announces Lawsuit Against Oil and Gas Companies for Misleading Public About Climate Change » California becomes the largest geographic area and the largest economy to sue giant oil companies OAKLAND — Joined by California Governor Newsom, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the filing of a lawsuit against five of the largest oil and gas companies in the world — Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and BP — and the American Petroleum Institute (API) for allegedly engaging in a decades-long campaign of deception and creating statewide climate change-related harms in California. Oag.ca.gov

People of the State of California v. Big Oil | Governor of California » WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Oil executives deceived the public for decades about how fossil fuels are hurting our health and destroying our planet, protecting their own profits while sticking taxpayers… Gov.ca.gov

Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing » Thousands of ordinary people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. Apnews.com

BP Gulf Oil Spill » BP Gulf Oil Spill In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel represent property owners, business owners, wage earners, and other harmed parties in class action litigation against BP, Transocean, Halliburton, and other defendants for the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and resulting oil spill Lieffcabraser.com

Vorys Represents BP in $100 Million ERISA Class Action Lawsuit » Vorys recently served as trial counsel representing a BP corporate entity and the BP Retirement Accumulation Plan (collectively BP) in an ERISA class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Vorys.com

Cleanup workers who became ill after Deepwater Horizon oil spill are suing BP for compensation » About 4 million barrels of crude oil seeped into the Gulf of Mexico and 11 people died in the April 2010 disaster, the largest marine oil spill in history. Pbs.org