Atlas Pallet Corp. v. USS-POSCO Industries CA1/1

BACKGROUND

Atlas alleges as follows: Industries owns a field located directly south of Atlas’s property. “[T]he field was full of overgrown dry grass and weeds and other combustible materials such as combustible dust, discarded tree limbs, and other debris.” Industries either deposited these combustible materials, or knowingly allowed them to accumulate, or neglected to remove them. Additionally, there have been homeless encampments “with combustible material like furniture and camping supplies” on the property. Industries’ commercial neighbors have “seen [Industries] use bulldozers to remove encampments from the [Industries] property and fill up dumpsters with the debris and have seen trespassers set up an encampment fifty feet away from a previously demolished encampment.” A neighbor had “seen trespassers on the . . . property break off tree branches and start fires.” According to Pittsburg Police Department records, trespassers entered Industries’ property in 2010, 2015, and 2016. In 2018, an Industries employee reported a homeless encampment on Industries’ property, which the police located near Atlas’s property. A neighbor had spoken with Industries about trespassers and…