

How much money is paid out and to whom depends on a variety of factors. “It was devastating during that period - having two small children and being ill and them being ill.” “When we touched, we would break out in rashes,” she said. The fossil fuel industry claims ‘renewable natural gas’ is green. The family relocated to temporary housing in Newbury Park and packed up their home, throwing away couches, beds and other furniture, Katz said.īusiness Column: ‘Renewable natural gas’ is the latest sham from the oil & gas industry Katz said her daughter suffered nosebleeds and rashes and had trouble breathing. The gases wreaked havoc on her household. Now living in Simi Valley, she said her family sold their Porter Ranch home because of the disaster. “It’s a chapter in my life that I am finally able to start to close and move on.” “It seems like a dream to me, I’m ecstatic,” Katz said. “They will receive just compensation.”Ĭhristine Katz, one of the plaintiffs, said she was very pleased with the settlement.

“It’s very difficult to talk about what an average would be,” he said. has agreed to pay a settlement of up to $1.8 billion. history forced more than 8,000 families in Porter Ranch to flee their homes, Southern California Gas Co. Nearly six years after the worst methane gas leak in U.S. California Photos: SoCalGas agrees to pay up to $1.8 billion in settlement for 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak
