Woodyard, LLC v. Syar Industries Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WOODYARD, LLC, No. 2:19-CV-02495-KJM-DB

Plaintiff, v. ORDER SYAR INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 In this action, plaintiff Woodyard, LLC seeks to recover cleanup costs and damages resulting from alleged environmental contamination of plaintiff’s property. Defendant Syar Industries, Inc. moves under Rule 12(b)(6) to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint in its entirety. In the alternative, defendant asks the court to order plaintiff to provide a more definite statement under Rule 12(e), laying out the bases for its claims and identifying with specificity the hazardous substance it alleges defendant released. For the reasons below, the court GRANTS defendant’s motion to dismiss with leave to amend. I. BACKGROUND In 2016, plaintiff purchased 19389 County Road 102 in Woodland, California (the “property”). Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 1. The property was previously owned by Glen A. Barton and Gloria L. Borton, who…