Otay Land Co. v. U.E. Ltd., L.P.

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15 Cal. App. 5th 806·2017 Cal. App. LEXIS 836·225 Cal. Rptr. 3d 119

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaSeptember 26, 2017D068347; D069029California24,354 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Rourke, J.

*817 I.

INTRODUCTION

These consolidated appeals involve a property where a shooting range had been operated for decades (the Property), its remediation by Plaintiffs Otay Land Company, LLC (OLC) and Flat Rock Land Company, LLC (FRLC) (collectively, Plaintiffs), and their efforts to recover remediation costs from former owners under the Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substances Account Act (HSAA; Health & Saf. Code, § 25300 et seq. ). 1 Defendants are former owner United Enterprises, Inc. (UEI) and its successors, including United Enterprises, Ltd. (UEL) (together, UE Defendants or UE), and former owner Baldwin Vista Associates, L.P. (now The Otay Ranch, L.P.) and certain of its general partners (together, Baldwin Defendants or Baldwin) (collectively, Defendants). Plaintiffs also asserted common law claims for continuing nuisance and continuing trespass, including in subsequent lawsuits that have been consolidated with this action. 2

*818 The case proceeded to a bench trial. The trial court's Statement of Decision addressed issues regarding whether Plaintiffs had a private right of action, liability, defenses, the allocation of costs, and cost reductions, each in the…

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Parties

OTAY LAND COMPANY, LLC, and
Plaintiff
U.E. LIMITED, L.P., and
Defendant

Judges

Rourke

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