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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Property Damage

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO ADD DOES 1-3 1:11-CV-01257-AWI-BAM

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GREBEN & ASSOCIATES

125 E. DE LA GUERRA ST., STE 203

SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101

TEL: 805-963-9090

FAX: 805-963-9098

Jan A. Greben, SBN 103464

jan@grebenlaw.com

Brett A. Boon, SBN 283225

brett@grebenlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs VIOLA COPPOLA, GARY COPPOLA,

and THE TRUST OF ANTHONY M. COPPOLA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO DIVISION

VIOLA COPPOLA, GARY COPPOLA, and 

THE TRUST OF ANTHONY M. COPPOLA;

Plaintiffs,

v.

GREGORY SMITH, an individual; RICHARD 

LASTER, an individual; and THE JANE 

HIGGINS NASH TRUST; JANE NASH AS 

EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DECATUR 

HIGGINS, HARLEY MILLER, an individual; 

CHERYL MILLER, an individual; MARTIN 

AND MARTIN PROPERTIES, BENART 

MAIN STREET PROPERTIES, CAL WATER 

SERVICE COMPANY, the CITY OF 

VISALIA, NASH PROPERTIES LLC [DOE 

#1], DAVID H. NASH, as the successor cotrustee of the WILLIAM P. NASH and JANE H. 

NASH REVOCABLE TRUST [DOE #2], 

RICHARD P. NASH, as the successor cotrustee of the WILLIAM P. NASH and JANE H. 

NASH REVOCABLE TRUST [DOE #3], and 

DOES 4-20, inclusive;

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:11-CV-01257-AWI-BAM

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO ADD DOES 1 THROUGH 3 

TO PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT

RELATED CROSS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS

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Plaintiffs Viola Coppola, Gary Coppola, and the Trust of Anthony M. Coppola 

(collectively “Plaintiffs”) and cross-defendants Nash Properties, LLC, David H. Nash, as the 

successor co-trustee of the William P. Nash and Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust, and Richard P. 

Nash, as the successor co-trustee of the William P. Nash and Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust 

(collectively “Nash Defendants”) hereby stipulate to add cross-defendants as defendants to 

Plaintiffs’ operative Fifth Amended Complaint as follows:

1. Doe 1 shall be replaced with and is now Nash Properties LLC;

2. Doe 2 shall be replaced with and is now David H. Nash, as the successor cotrustee of the William P. Nash and Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust; and

3. Doe 3 shall be replaced with and is now Richard P. Nash, as the successor cotrustee of the William P. Nash and Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust.

1. The Nash Defendants are hereby added to the allegations and claims existing against the 

Jane Higgins Nash Trust as if they were fully set forth against the Nash Defendants, and each of 

them. The answer filed by the Jane Higgins Nash Trust will serve as the answer on behalf of 

each of the Nash Defendants as if it were fully set forth by each of the Nash Defendants 

individually and the following additional affirmative defenses shall apply as to the claims made 

by plaintiffs against David H. Nash and/or Richard P. Nash, as a successor co-trustee or cotrustees, as the case may be, of the William P. Nash and Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust:

FORTY-FIRST DEFENSE

That neither the William P. Nash and Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust or the settlors 

thereof, individually, ever had or possessed any right, title, interest, estate in or to any of the 

real property described in Plaintiffs Fifth Amended Complaint or ever had or possessed the 

right to any management, operation or control thereof.

FORTY-SECOND DEFENSE

That Plaintiffs failed to file any creditor’s claim as required by the California Probate 

Code following the publication of the Notice to Creditors on behalf of the William P. Nash and 

Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust following the death of the settlors thereof.

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2. The Plaintiffs are hereby added, on behalf of the newly added above-named defendants,

to the allegations and counter claims made by the Jane Higgins Nash Trust as if they were fully 

set forth against the Plaintiffs, and each of them, in the answer and counter claims filed by the 

Jane Higgins Nash Trust to plaintiffs’ Fifth Amended Complaint.

Date: December 31, 2013 GREBEN & ASSOCIATES

/s/ Jan A. Greben

Jan A. Greben

Brett A. Boon 

Attorneys for Viola Coppola, Gary Coppola and the 

Trust of Anthony M. Coppola

Date: December 31, 2013 WILLIAMS, BRODERSEN & PRITCHETT LLP

/s/ Steven R. Williams

Steven R. Williams

Attorneys for The Jane Higgins Nash Trust; Jane Nash 

as Executor of the Estate of Decatur Higgins AKA the 

Estate of Mabel Elaine Higgins; Nash Properties, LLC, 

David H. Nash, as the successor co-trustee of the 

William P. Nash and Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust, 

and Richard P. Nash, as the successor co-trustee of the 

William P. Nash and Jane H. Nash Revocable Trust

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2, 2014 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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