Legal Opinion
S. Cal. Gas Co. v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty.(In Re S. Cal. Gas Leak Cases)
California Supreme Court
Decided May 30, 2019No. S246669PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by Cuéllar, J.
*634 **883 *394 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 injury or property damage - may recover in negligence for income *635 lost because of the leak. Our decision turns on whether the entity that allegedly caused the leak had a tort duty to guard against what we and other courts have termed "purely economic…
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