{"id":433,"date":"2016-02-03T08:09:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T14:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=433"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:42:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:42:27","slug":"california-brings-negligence-nuisance-lawsuit-gas-company-aliso-canyon-methane-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/california-brings-negligence-nuisance-lawsuit-gas-company-aliso-canyon-methane-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"California Brings Negligence and Nuisance Lawsuit Against Gas Company over Aliso Canyon Methane Leak"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Air Quality Management District in California has filed an action against SoCalGas, seeking damages associated with the large-scale methane gas leak<\/a> that has caused numerous incidences of illness throughout the San Fernando Valley region. The lawsuit seeks a total of $440,000 in damages for each day of the leak, and it indicates that the leak has occurred for over 95 days. The lawsuit alleges claims for public nuisance as well as negligence against SoCalGas in the operation of its Aliso Canyon facility. The lawsuit also alleges that the defendant failed to respond properly to the leak.<\/p>\n

The Aliso Canyon leak has made numerous headlines in recent weeks, as\u00a0the uncontrolled and massive leak of natural gas from a well connected to an underground storage facility in the region continues. The gas storage facility is the second-largest storage facility of this type in the nation and belongs to Southern California Gas Company. Some sources indicate that the environmental harm that has occurred and continues to occur as a result of the leak is more substantial and severe than the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred off the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico during 2010. On January 6, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown dubbed the gas leak a state of emergency.<\/p>\n

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The Air Quality Management District in California has filed an action against SoCalGas, seeking damages associated with the large-scale methane gas leak that has caused numerous incidences of illness throughout the San Fernando Valley region. 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