IN RE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS LEAK CASES

No. S246669.

7 Cal.5th 391 (2019)

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS LEAK CASES. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; FIRST AMERICAN WHOLESALE LENDING CORPORATION et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

May 30, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, James J. Dragna , David L. Schrader , Yardena R. Zwang-Weissman ; Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Kathleen M. Sullivan and Daniel H. Bromberg for Petitioner.

Horvitz & Levy, Jeremy B. Rosen , Eric S. Boorstin and Yen-Shyang Tseng for Chamber of Commerce of the United States, California Chamber of Commerce, American Insurance Association and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Hueston Hennigan, John C. Hueston , Moez M. Kaba and Douglas J. Dixon for Southern California Edison Company, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Southwest Gas Corporation, Edison Electric Institute and American Gas Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Henry Weissmann and Fred A. Rowley, Jr. , for Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., the Association of Oil Pipe Lines and the Western States Petroleum Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Mark P. Gergen ; Reed Smith and Raymond A. Cardozo for California Tort Law Scholars as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, Robert J. Nelson , Sarah R. London , Wilson M. Dunlavey ; Public Justice, Leslie A. Brueckner ; Kiesel Law, Paul R. Kiesel, Helen Zukin , Mariana Aroditis ; Keller Rohrback, Ben Gould , Derek W. Loeser , Amy Williams-Derry ; Boucher, Raymond P. Boucher , Shehnaz M. Bhujwala , Maria L. Weitz ; The Kick Law Firm, Taras Kick ; Baron & Budd, Roland Tellis ; R. Rex Parris Law Firm, R. Rex Parris and Patricia Oliver for Real Parties in Interest.

Sean B. Hecht , Julia E. Stein and Nathaniel Logar for California Tort Professors, Richard Abel, Alison Anderson, Blake Emerson, Jill Horwitz, Kathleen Kim, Albert Lin, John Nockleby, Alex Wang, Jonathan Zasloff and Adam Zimmerman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Nelson & Fraenkel, Gretchen M. Nelson and Gabriel S. Barenfeld for Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

The Arkin Law Firm and Sharon J. Arkin for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

Boies Schiller Flexner, Christopher G. Caldwell , Michael R. Leslie , Andrew Esbenshade , Kelly L. Perigoe and David Boies for Toll Brothers, Inc., and Porter Ranch Development Company as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

This case concerns a massive, months-long leak from a natural gas storage facility located just outside Los Angeles. According to the allegations before us, the accident severely harmed the economy of a nearby suburb. We must decide if local businesses—none of which allege they suffered personal...

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