Bregan
Bregan v. The John Stuart Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division JAMES BREGAN, et al., Case No. 23-cv-01823-LB
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO
v. DISMISS IN PART
THE JOHN STEWART COMPANY, et al., Re: ECF Nos. 15, 17 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT The plaintiffs rented a home in the Presidio of San Francisco, a federal enclave administered by the Presidio Trust. In June 2021, the defendants allegedly performed a roof replacement without proper precautions, resulting in lead contamination from the home’s lead paint, and then failed to properly remediate the contamination. The Bregan plaintiffs’ young child tested positive for high lead levels in her blood.1 The plaintiffs sued five defendants in state court: Enterprise Roofing Service (the company that contracted with the Presidio Trust to perform the roof work) and a group of “landlord defendants” consisting of the Trust (the landlord in the…