Final Approval Granted to $230M Settlement in Santa Barbara Plains Oil Spill Lawsuit

On September 20, 2022, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez of the Central District of California granted final approval to a $230 million settlement of the long-running Plains Oil Spill lawsuit filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel arising from an oil spill off Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County in May 2015. The spill