6 Environmental Nuisance Suits Attorneys Need To Track
Atlanta partner Doug Henderson was quoted in a January 29 Law360 article about six environmental law cases involving nuisance claims that the publication believes attorneys should be following. Doug was quoted in the section discussing People v. SoCalGas, where Los Angeles hit Southern California Gas Co. with a public nuisance suit in California state court on behalf of residents that have been affected by the company’s massive and ongoing natural gas leak. Doug noted that instead of filing permit challenges under environmental statutes, the state of California is relying on the nuisance tort claim to push its case.
“If this trend toward increased environmental tort claims continues, the implications are far-reaching. It makes it near impossible for the regulated community to know what the applicable environmental compliance standards actually are, whether their facilities actually comply with negligence-based standards - whatever they may be - and what actions can be taken to establish environmental compliance,” he said.