Cline
Cline v. Calpine Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
GEORGE CLINE,
Case No. 22-cv-07031-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO
CALPINE OPERATING SERVICES DISMISS
COMPANY, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
15 I. INTRODUCTION This action arises from a vehicle accident at a construction site. Plaintiff George Cline was employed by Gifford’s Backhoe, Inc., which has not been named as a party in this action. Cline alleges he was driving a vehicle uphill on a privately owned gravel road to a “drilling rig site” owned or operated by defendant Calpine Operating Services Company, Inc. and/or defendant Geyser Power Company, LLC. Cline’s vehicle collided with a vehicle allegedly owned by Geyser Power, and driven with permission by an employee of Calpine, Dennis Miller. Cline asserts he stopped when he saw Miller’s vehicle approaching downhill, but that Miller was unable to stop in time,…