California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Jim Dobbas, Inc.

Full title: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL and the TOXIC SUBSTANCES…

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Nov 17, 2015

Civ. 2:14-595 WBS EFB (E.D. Cal. Nov. 17, 2015)

Opinion

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL and the TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACCOUNT, Plaintiffs, v. JIM DOBBAS, INC., a California corporation; CONTINENTAL RAIL, INC., a Delaware corporation; DAVID VAN OVER, individually; PACIFIC WOOD PRESERVING, a dissolved California corporation; and WEST COAST WOOD PRESERVING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Defendants, AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS AND CROSS-CLAIMS Civ. No. 2:14-595 WBS EFB United States District Court, E.D. California. November 17, 2015

ORDER

WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.

Pursuant to the Consent Decree between plaintiffs California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the Toxic Substances Control Account ("DTSC") and defendant Jim Dobbas, Inc. ("Dobbas"), DTSC and Dobbas have agreed to release each other from liability in this action in exchange for, among other things, a settlement amount of $265,000. (Docket No. 135-1 ¶¶ 12, 22, 32.)

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Jim Dobbas, Inc.'s counterclaims against plaintiffs, (Docket Nos. 23-1 to 23-3, 25), be, and the same hereby are, DISMISSED.