Geo Guidance Drilling Services, Inc. v. Renaissance Resources, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GEO GUIDANCE DRILLING Case No. 1:20-cv-00465-CDB
SERVICES, INC.,
ORDER ON MOTION FOR GOOD FAITH Plaintiff, SETTLEMENT 13 v. (Doc. 70)
RENAISSANCE RESOURCES, LLC, 21-DAY DEADLINE
15 Defendant. 16 17 Pending before the Court is Defendant Renaissance Resources, LLC’s (“Renaissance”) Motion for good Faith Settlement pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6. (Doc. 70). The Motion is accompanied by a Declaration from Daniel M. Root, counsel of record for Geo Guidance Drilling Services Inc. (“Geo”). For the reasons provided below, the Court approves Renaissance’s Motion for Good Faith Settlement. When a district court sits in diversity, it “applies state substantive law to the state law claims,” including the good-faith settlement provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure sections 877 and 877.6. Mason & Dixon Intermodal, Inc. v. Lapmaster Int’l LLC, 632 F.3d 1056, 1060 (9th Cir. 2011); accord Fed. Sav. &…