Category: Environmental Expert Witness
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Certain Opinions of Environmental Expert Witness Excluded Because They Amount to Contract Interpretation
Plaintiffs Box Elder Kids, LLC filed a class action lawsuit against Defendants Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Anadarko E & P Onshore, LLC, and other associated entities alleging a breach of Surface Owner Agreements (SOAs). These agreements obligated Anadarko, as successor to Union Pacific Land Resources Company, to pay a percentage of the value from oil, gas,…
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Montana Court rules against “fossil fuel–based provisions” in favor of a “clean and healthful environment”
On March 13, 2020, sixteen Montana youth (collectively Plaintiffs or Youth Plaintiffs), then between two and 18 years old, filed a complaint against the State of Montana challenging the constitutionality of the State’s fossil fuel-based state energy system, which they alleged caused and contributed to climate change in violation of their constitutional rights guaranteed under Article II,…
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Environmental Expert Witness barred from testifying about the Applicability of Asbestos National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants
This case involved two buildings in downtown Burley, Idaho, located at 1222 and 1226 Overland Avenue which burned in late January 2018 and were subsequently demolished in mid-February 2018. A small portion of the debris from the buildings was hauled away to a local gravel pit which also operated as a landfill. Rising concerns about…
