Practice area: Environmental Litigation
The firm has a long history of representing families, businesses, communities, and government entities who have been injured as the result of pollution, chemical releases, and contamination of drinking water supplies.
Our recent representations include:
Avila Beach Environmental Litigation
Jorgensen v. Unocal Corporation.
San Luis Obispo Superior Court
The firm represented residents of Avila Beach, California in action to redress damage caused by pollution throughout Avila Beach. Union Oil Company of California had permitted over 400,000 gallons of refined petroleum products beneath the small seaside town of Avila Beach. The firm was successful in representing the residents of the town, and our efforts led to the complete remediation and restoration of the town.
Cambria Community Services District/Chevron Litigation
Cambria Community Services District v. Chevron Corporation
San Luis Obispo Superior Court
The Town of Cambria is considered the jewel of the Central Coast, a small community nestled amongst coast pines and steps away from the Pacific Ocean, San Simon, and the Central Coast wine region. A leak from a Chevron station contaminated the town’s drinking water supplies with MTBE, a gasoline additive which renders drinking water unusable. The firm was successful in securing a settlement for Cambria which permitted it to insure that alternate water sources were available for the community.
Santa Maria Valley Litigation
These cases were brought on behalf of homeowners and families living in Santa Maria, California, an old oil field which was the setting of the film There Will be Blood. When production in the oil field tapered off, residential communities were constructed atop the old oil fields – and on top of the waste which the oil companies left behind. The firm has been successful in providing remedies to these families, who have been able to leave behind their polluted homes and communities and restart their lives.
Voisinet Litigation
Voisinet, et al. v. Unocal, et al.
San Luis Obispo Superior Court Case No. CV080320
This action is brought on behalf of home developers for nuisance and fraud arising out of petroleum contamination.
Bridgestone/Firestone Litigation
Dower, et al. v. Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC, et al.
N.D. Cal. 5:06-CV-06837
This action is brought on behalf of homeowners for toxic groundwater contamination released from the Crazy Horse Sanitary Landfill in Salinas, California.