{"id":27682,"date":"2016-12-06T16:53:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T22:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=27682"},"modified":"2016-12-07T10:22:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T16:22:28","slug":"cushing-residents-seek-class-action-lawsuit-against-oil-companies-over-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2016\/12\/06\/cushing-residents-seek-class-action-lawsuit-against-oil-companies-over-earthquakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cushing Residents Seek Class-Action Lawsuit Against Oil Companies Over Earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_27686\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 620px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27686\" alt=\"A 5.0-magnitude earthquake in November 2016 damaged dozens of buildings in downtown Cushing, Okla.\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2016\/12\/20161106-cushing-quake-pics015_WEB.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2016\/12\/20161106-cushing-quake-pics015_WEB.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2016\/12\/20161106-cushing-quake-pics015_WEB-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2016\/12\/20161106-cushing-quake-pics015_WEB-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2016\/12\/20161106-cushing-quake-pics015_WEB-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Joe Wertz \/ StateImpact Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 5.0-magnitude earthquake in November 2016 damaged dozens of buildings in downtown Cushing, Okla.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>Attorneys are asking a district court judge to approve a class-action lawsuit against oil and gas companies after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake rattled <a href=\"http:\/\/kgou.org\/post\/1-injured-dozens-buildings-damaged-50-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-cushing\">near the town of Cushing<\/a> in November.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-documentcloud\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"DC-embed DC-embed-document DV-container\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:139.14285714285705%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%;\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/3233604-Cushing-Quake-Lawsuit-Petition.html?embed=true&responsive=false&sidebar=false\" title=\"Cushing Quake Lawsuit - Petition (Hosted by DocumentCloud)\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-forms\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;\"><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><p>The action, <a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2016\/11\/18\/groundwork-laid-for-class-action-lawsuit-against-oil-companies-after-record-earthquake-in-pawnee\/\">similar to one<\/a> filed after the record-setting 5.8-magnitude quake near the town of Pawnee, was brought Monday on behalf of several residents seeking compensation for homes and businesses damaged by the quake and money for emotional distress. The filing also asks that punitive damages be levied on oil and gas companies operating wastewater disposal wells near the epicenter of the quake.<\/p><p>If a judge approves, other residents could join the lawsuit. Six energy firms are named in the filing, but more could be added down the road. None of the named companies have responded to the filing in court.<\/p><p>The November quake caused one minor injury and damaged dozens of homes, municipal properties and century-old buildings in downtown Cushing.<\/p><p>The magnitude-five temblor also forced a temporary shutdown at the Cushing crude oil storage terminal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/11\/30\/456777184\/confidence-in-oil-hub-security-shaken-by-oklahoma-earthquakes\">a critical component<\/a> of the U.S. energy market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorneys are asking a district court judge to approve a class-action lawsuit against oil and gas companies after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake rattled near the town of Cushing in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":27686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[490],"tags":[489,654,500,238],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27682"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27691,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27682\/revisions\/27691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}