Calif. Federal Judge Grants Partial Summary Judgment In Pipeline Rupture Dispute

(February 1, 2024, 3:44 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — Two companies that formerly operated an oil pipeline that ruptured and contaminated residential property in Southern California are entitled to summary judgment on several claims, including breach of written easement contracts brought by the owners of property that the pipeline crosses, a California federal judge found in partly granting the companies’ motion for partial summary judgment....