Climate Change Tort Suit Over Hurricane Katrina Damages Off To The Fifth Circuit Again

On March 10, 2012, the latest chapter in a class of plaintiffs' efforts to hold various industrial defendants liable for their greenhouse gas emissions was dismissed. Comer, et al. v. Murphy Oil USA, et al., No. 1:11-cv-00220 (S.D. Miss.) ("Comer II"). The dismissed action was filed by Mississippi residents and was nearly identical to another action, Comer, et al. v. Murphy Oil USA, et al., No. 1:05-cv-00436-LG-RHW ("Comer I"), which was previously dismissed by the federal courts, see, Comer, et al. v. Murphy Oil USA, et al., 607 F.3d...