Los Angeles Sanitation, Hyperion Workers, Screen Manufacturers Responsible For July Sewage Spill, Mass Tort Says

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Hyperion Sewage Spill Mass Tort Lawsuit Overview: 

• Who: Local residents have filed a mass tort lawsuit against The Los Angeles Department of Sanitation, Hyperion sewage treatment plant workers and debris filter screen manufacturers. 
• Why: Residents claim the defendants are responsible for a sewage spill that dumped 17 million gallons of raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean in July.
• Where: The sewage spill closed L.A. County beaches and affected the city of El Segundo.

The Los Angeles Department of Sanitation was negligent and responsible for a sewage spill in July that closed county beaches and exposed El Segundo residents to dangerous fumes, a new mass tort lawsuit alleges. 

The defendants of the class action lawsuit include L.A. Sanitation staff, workers at the Hyperion sewage treatment plant and the manufacturers of screens that are supposed to filter out debris from raw sewage, the Southern California News Group (SCNG) reports. 

The suit, jointly filed by Parris Law Firm and Bloom Injury Law, claims the spill, which spewed 17 million gallons of raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean, was caused by a buildup of debris in a filtering screen at Hyperion. 

So far, the proposed plaintiff class includes about 100 to 150 local residents who were directly impacted by the spill with the number expected to grow by another 500 to 1,000 individuals, SCNG reports.

L.A. Sanitation officials were aware and acknowledged prior to the incident that the system used by the filtering screen was faulty yet they took no actions to fix the issue, the lawsuit alleges. 

Further, the lawsuit alleges that several warning alarms sounded at the Hyperion plant on the day of the incident, but that they were not noticed by the one L.A Sanitation employee who would have been tasked with monitoring them, SCNG reports.

Smell Stayed In Air For Months, Cost L.A. $1.4M, Lawsuit Claims

The smell of hydrogen sulfide stayed in the air in El Segundo for months after the spill, the lawsuit contends, costing the city of Los Angeles $1.4 million after it had to compensate residents for air conditioners and hotel accommodations. 

Residents in areas where the noxious fumes were present suffered from a number of subsequent health issues, including nosebleeds and headaches, SCNG reports.

Multiple class action lawsuits were filed against Amplify Energy last year over claims the company was responsible for an oil spill that dumped 131,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean off Huntington Beach. 

Were you affected by the sewage spill that affected El Segundo and Los Angeles county beaches in July? Let us know in the comments! 

The plaintiffs are represented by Parris Law Firm and Bloom Injury Law. 

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