Experts said it is the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming.

Leon v. ExxonMobil is the boldest step yet in the efforts to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the damage it’s ...

Lawsuit alleges oil companies knew that their products have altered the climate, causing deadly heat waves, but failed to ...

The lawsuit was filed by a Washington state woman who alleges oil and gas companies contributed to an extraordinarily hot day ...

A Washington state woman is suing seven oil companies, saying they contributed to the 2021 heat wave that caused her mom's ...

Misti Leon alleges that the death of her mother, Juliana, was a “direct and foreseeable consequence” of burning fossil fuels.

In this 2016 image provided by Misti Leon, left, she sits with her mom, Juliana Leon. Misti Leon is suing several oil and gas companies in one of the nations first wrongful-death claims seeking to ...

including contributing to a 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest that killed 65-year-old Juliana Leon, and that they failed to warn the public of such risks. On June 28, 2021, an unusual heat ...