Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency v. Whittaker Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
Case 2:18-cv-06825-SB-RAO Document 524 Filed 06/06/ Page 1 of Page ID #:44929
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No. 2:18-cv-06825-SB-RAO SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WATER
FINDINGS OF FACT AND
AGENCY,
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
13 Plaintiffs, 14 v.
WHITTAKER CORPORATION,
17 Defendants.
20 Plaintiff Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (Plaintiff) is a regional water agency that supplies water throughout the Santa Clarita Valley in California. Plaintiff operates a number of supply wells that draw water from a source that has been contaminated by hazardous chemicals. Plaintiff maintains that Defendant Whittaker Corporation (Defendant or Whittaker), which owned and operated a nearby manufacturing site, is responsible for that contamination. Plaintiff filed this lawsuit, bringing state and federal claims and seeking recovery for past and future damages, and Defendant filed counterclaims. Most of the state claims were tried to a jury,
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