Six months in, the consolidated federal class action lawsuit from the Orange County Oil Spill has become an international question of maritime law.
The original defendants, pipeline operator Amplify Energy Corp., have shifted the blame onto the owners and operators of two cargo ships they claim damaged their pipeline during a January, 2021, storm.
Mediation between the class action litigants and Amplify Energy Corp., which owns and operates the pipeline, is set for June 2, in front of former federal judges Layn Phillips and Sally Shushan.
Amplify had filed a
