US woman brings first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil
by Dharna Noor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XM9Q)
Misti Leon argues fossil fuel companies' climate negligence caused her mother's death during a heatwave
A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies' climate negligence caused her mother's death during a major heatwave.
Juliana Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle at age 65 during the 2021 Pacific north-west heat dome - an event that killed nearly 200 people, and which meteorologists say would have been virtually impossible" without human-caused global warming.
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