Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. Unocal Corp.
Opinion
Opinion
Morrow, J.
AMENDED ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF UNOCAL CORPORATION, COUNTY OF LOS ANGE-LES, CITY OF COMPTON, AND CITY OF CARSON; DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF CARSON HARBOR VILLAGE, LTD.; AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF CARSON HARBOR VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK, RICHARD BRALEY AND WALKER SMITH
Plaintiff Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. (“Carson Harbor”) is the owner and opera tor of a mobile home park in Carson, California. An undeveloped, open-flow wetlands covers approximately seventeen acres of the mobile home park property. In 1993, while attempting to refinance the property, Carson Harbor discovered hazardous substances contamination. A subsequent environmental assessment revealed tar-like and slag materials in the wetlands.
In 1996, Carson Harbor sued defendants Unocal Corporation (“Unocal”), the City of Compton, the City of Carson, and the County of Los Angeles (“the Government Defendants”); Richard G. Braley, Walker Smith, Jr. and Carson Harbor Village Mobile Home Park (“the Partnership Defendants”); and the California Department of Transportation and W. Van Loben Seis (“Caltrans”). Its complaint alleged claims under the…