Santa Barbara Retailer Alleges Economic Damages From Oil Spill, Complaint Says

A Santa Barbara, Calif., retailer has filed a proposed class action seeking economic damages due to a downturn in business it blamed on the May 19 rupture of a pipeline that spilled 100,000 gallons of crude oil onshore and along 40 miles of the state’s coastline (Savvy on Boulder LLC v. Plains All Am. Pipeline LP).

Filed June 11 in the U.S. District for the Central District of California, the complaint follows a similar action brought by a diver for sea urchins against Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline LP, the owner and operator of the 24-inch underground pipeline ...