CA Dept. of Toxic Substances Control v. Jim Dobbas, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC No. 2:14-CV-00595 WBS EFB SUBSTANCES CONTROL and the TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACCOUNT, Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: MOTION TO INTERVENE
AND SET ASIDE DEFAULT
v. JIM DOBBAS, INC. a California corporation; CONTINENTAL RAIL, INC., a Delaware corporation; DAVID VAN OVER, individually; PACIFIC WOOD PRESERVING, a dissolved California corporation; WEST COAST WOOD PRESERVING, LLC., a Nevada limited liability company; and
COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, 22 Defendants.
24 ----oo0oo---- 25 Plaintiffs Department of Toxic Substances Control and 26 the Toxic Substances Control Account (collectively “DTSC”) sought 27 recovery of costs and interest incurred during the cleanup of a 28 wood preserving operation in Elmira, California against multiple defendants under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (First Am.…