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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:9607 Real Property Tort to Land

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JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMARO LLP 

KENNETH A. EHRLICH (Bar No. CA 150570) 

kae@jmbm.com

1900 Avenue of the Stars, Seventh Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90067-4308 

Telephone: (310) 203-8080 

Facsimile: (310) 203-0567 

Attorneys for Cross-Defendants 

Vulcan Materials Company and 

Vulcan Chemical Technologies, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES KOTROUS, individually and 

doing business as THE MATTRESS 

FACTORY, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

GOSS-JEWETT COMPANY OF 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INC., et 

al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. CIV-S-02-1520 FCD (JFM) 

STIPULATION TO DISMISS 

CROSS-CLAIMS OF STEPHEN 

LAMANET AND MICHAEL 

LAMANET AGAINST VULCAN 

MATERIALS COMPANY AND 

VULCAN CHEMICAL 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ORDER 

EDWARD ANSELMO, 

Cross-Claimant, 

vs. 

BAYER CROPSCIENCE, INC., 

AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE USA, INC., 

doing business as ACS USA, INC., 

ROHNE-POULENC AG COMPANY, 

INC., ROHNE-POULENC, INC., 

ROHNE-POULENC BASIC 

CHEMICALS COMPANY, 

KLEINFELDER, INC., RAH 

ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., WEST 

HAZMAT DRILLING CORP., 

RAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 

AND JOSEPH RAMAGE, MICHAEL 

GLENN WILLIAMS, doing business as 

Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr. 

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Stipulation Dismissing Cross-Claims 

Against VCTI and VMC

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NORCAL ENVIRONMENTAL 

SERVICES, GOSS-JEWETT 

COMPANY OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, INC., ESTATE OF 

ROBERT LAMANET, STEVEN 

LAMANET, MICHAEL LAMANET, 

OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL 

CORPORATION, PPG INDUSTRIES, 

INC., DIAMOND SHAMROCK 

BOLIVIANA, LTD., VULCAN 

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 

VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, 

THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, 

ESTATE OF ALBERT G. EVANS, 

ESTATE OF ESTELLE M. EVANS, 

ALBERT G. VOLZ, ESTATE OF 

ROBERT M. CARMANY, ESTATE OF 

FRANCIS CARMANY, ESTATE OF 

JOHN E. SPURLOCK, MILDRED M. 

SPURLOCK, ESTATE OF ESTHER 

VOLZ, SACRAMENTO INDUSTRIAL 

INVESTMENT COMPANY, MURRAY 

E. MILHOLLAND, PAUL R. OPDYKE, 

JR., RUBY M. OPDYKE, and ESTATE 

OF DAVID D. KAUFFMAN, 

Cross-Defendants. 

STEPHEN LAMANET, and MICHAEL 

LAMANET, 

Cross-Claimants, 

BAYER CROPSCIENCE, INC., 

AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE USA, INC., 

dba ACS USA, INC., ROHNEPOULENC AG COMPANY, INC., 

ROHNE-POULENC, INC., ROHNEPOULENC BASIC CHEMICALS 

COMPANY, KLEINFELDER, INC., 

RAH ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., WEST 

HAZMAT DRILLING, INC., RAMAGE 

ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., STAUFFER 

CHEMICAL CO., OCCIDENTAL 

CHEMICAL CORP., PPG 

INDUSTRIES, INC., DIAMOND 

SHAMROCK BOLIVIANA, LTD., 

VULCAN CHEMICAL 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC., VULCAN 

MATERIALS COMPANY, THE DOW 

CHEMICAL CO., & DOES 1001 to 

2000, Inclusive, 

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Stipulation Dismissing Cross-Claims 

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Cross-Defendants 

AND RELATED CROSS-CLAIMS. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and among cross-defendants Vulcan 

Materials Company (“VMC”) and Vulcan Chemical Technologies, Inc. (“VCTI”), by 

and through their attorneys of record, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP, and 

defendants, cross-defendants and cross-claimants Stephen Lamanet and Michael 

Lamanet (collectively, the “Lamanets”), by and through their attorneys of record, 

Carey & Carey, that: (1) the Lamanets’ cross-claims against VCTI and VMC are 

dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), and 

(2) the parties shall bear their own attorneys fees and costs. 

Dated: October __, 2005 JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER & MARMARO LLP

KENNETH A. EHRLICH 

By: 

Kenneth A. Ehrlich 

Attorneys for Cross-Defendants 

Vulcan Materials Company and Vulcan Chemical 

Technologies, Inc.

Dated: October __, 2005 CAREY & CAREY 

 

By: 

Jerry Y. Fong 

Attorneys for Defendants, Cross-Defendants and 

Cross-Claimants 

Stephen Lamanet and Michael Lamanet 

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ORDER

 

Based on the stipulation of the parties, IT IS ORDERED that the Lamanets’ 

Cross-Claims against Vulcan Materials Company (“VMC”) and Vulcan Chemical 

Technologies, Inc. (“VCTI”) are dismissed without prejudice, and the parties shall 

bear their own attorney's fees and costs. 

DATED: October 21, 2005 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 HONORABLE FRANK C. DAMRELL, Jr. 

Judge of the United District Court 

Eastern District of California 

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