The daughter of a woman who was killed by extreme heat during the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome has filed a ...

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

A Washington state woman is suing seven oil and gas companies, saying they contributed to an extraordinarily hot day that led ...

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

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

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 ...

Less than two years later, on June 28, 2021, Juliana Leon—a poet and mother, known by her friends and family as Julie—was doing just that. Julie was driving home from a doctor’s appointment ...

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 ...