BLOG: Capitol Alert:Shell Oil could lose millions over false California environmental cleanup claims
Besides losing out on the potential reimbursements,
"They were getting reimbursement for cleanup costs from an insurer," said
Based in
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Filed in
"It is a polluter-pay program," said
Property owners are eligible to collect up to
Officials with the water board had challenged
The company is still obligated to clean up the leaks even though the reimbursement claims have been denied, Babcock said.
Even with the 100 claims that have been disallowed,
As part of the settlement of the lawsuit,
The rest of the settlement, around
"We're just two guys that know the industry well and figured out what was going on," said
By comparing insurance payouts with cleanup claims, Schruben said he and his partner in American Cost Recovery have discovered similar problems in multiple states.
Last year, after a similar lawsuit filed by Schruben's company,
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