Helen Kontos v. Mobil Oil Corporation

24 F.3d 247 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Helen KONTOS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-16828. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 7, 1994. * Decided April 20, 1994. 1 Before: ALARCON, FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges, and WILSON, District Judge ** 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Helen Kontos appeals two orders of the district court granting defendant Mobil Oil Corp.'s ("Mobil") motions for summary judgment on all of her claims against it. We affirm. BACKGROUND 4 Kontos' late husband and two partners ran a garage in West Sacramento ("the Terminal Garage") from 1950 to 1973. As part of it's business, the garage sold Mobil gasoline and other Mobil products. The gasoline was stored in two 1,000 gallon underground storage tanks ("USTs"). In 1987, the County of Yolo ordered Kontos to remove the USTs. When they were removed, the earth beneath them smelled of gasoline. A subsequent environmental investigation…