Garden Grove near-disaster: Who gets compensated? | Kabateck & Karnikian: Off the Record, Ep. 1

A chemical spill almost happened in Garden Grove. The evacuation, of more than 50,000 people, was real. Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian walk through what happens legally in the wake of a near-disaster like this, why the lawyers are already mobilizing, and how the two main models for getting people compensated actually work. They break down class actions versus mass torts, when each one fits, why this case probably looks more like a class action than the Eaton Fire or Porter Ranch litigation, and how the East Palestine train derailment settlement got used as a cleanup tool for claims that never got individually filed. They also get into the awkward question of how soon is too soon for plaintiffs' lawyers to start advertising, and the billboard ad shot from a hospital that raised both their eyebrows.

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