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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO PERMIT PLAINTIFF TO AMEND FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT TO 

ADD CLEAN HARBORS INDUSTRIAL SERVICE, INC. AS A DEFENDANT

DAVID YEREMIAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.

David H. Yeremian (SBN 226337)

david@yeremianlaw.com

Michele Jackson (SBN 209841)

Michele@yeremianlaw.com

535 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 705

Glendale, California 91436

Telephone: (818) 230-8380

Facsimile: (818) 230-0308

Attorneys for Plaintiff LAURA EMERTON

Sarah R. Nichols, CA Bar No. 233099

sarah.nichols@ogletreedeakins.com

Victoria L. Tallman, CA Bar No. 273252

victoria.tallman@ogletreedeakins.com 

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & 

STEWART, P.C.

Steuart Tower, Suite 1300

One Market Plaza

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415.442.4810

Facsimile: 415.442.4870

Attorneys for Defendant CLEAN HARBORS 

INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAURA EMERTON, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

CLEAN HARBORS, INC., a 

California Corporation; and DOES 1 

through 50, inclusive,

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:14-cv-02658-TLN-DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

PERMIT PLAINTIFF TO AMEND

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT TO 

ADD CLEAN HARBORS 

INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. AS A 

DEFENDANT

Trial Date: October 3, 2016

First Amended Complaint Filed:

March 9, 2015

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO PERMIT PLAINTIFF TO AMEND FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT TO 

ADD CLEAN HARBORS INDUSTRIAL SERVICE, INC. AS A DEFENDANT

Plaintiff Laura Emerton (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Clean Harbors Industrial 

Services, Inc. (“Defendant”), by and through their undersigned attorneys, hereby 

stipulate as follows:

STIPULATION

A. WHEREAS, Plaintiff originally named Clean Harbors, Inc. as the 

defendant in this action, filed in Solano County Superior Court on October 3, 2014, 

Case No. FCS044304;

B. WHEREAS, counsel for Defendant promptly informed counsel for 

Plaintiff that the appropriate entity in this action is not Clean Harbors, Inc., but 

rather is Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. and timely filed an Answer on 

behalf of Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. in Solano County Superior Court 

on November 12, 2014, identifying that Defendant was “erroneously sued as Clean 

Harbors, Inc.”;

C. WHEREAS, Defendant timely removed the matter to the U.S. District 

Court for the Northern District of California on November 13, 2014, based on 

diversity jurisdiction;

D. WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (hereinafter 

“FAC”), which is the operative pleading in this action, on March 9, 2015, again 

naming only Clean Harbors, Inc. as a defendant;

E. WHEREAS, Defendant Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. 

answered the FAC on March 26, 2015, and again indicated that Defendant was 

incorrectly sued as Clean Harbors, Inc.;

F. WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel represented that she would substitute 

in Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc., if Defendant provided Plaintiff’s counsel 

with a declaration establishing Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. as the 

Plaintiff’s employer; 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO PERMIT PLAINTIFF TO AMEND FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT TO 

ADD CLEAN HARBORS INDUSTRIAL SERVICE, INC. AS A DEFENDANT

G. WHEREAS on June 11, 2015, Defendant provided a declaration from 

Robert Edwards, the U.S. Payroll Manager for Clean Harbors Environmental 

Services, Inc. establishing that Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. is Plaintiff’s 

former employer during the relevant timeframe and therefore the correct defendant 

in this action;

H. WHEREAS, Plaintiff now seeks to make an amendment to the FAC to 

add Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. as a defendant in this action, pursuant to 

the information provided by Robert Edwards;

I. WHEREAS, Plaintiff believes that the documents produced by Clean 

Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. indicate that Clean Harbors, Inc. was also an 

employer of the Plaintiff and controlled and maintained the policies and procedures 

giving rise to the claims and contributed to the wrongful conduct alleged by 

Plaintiff in the FAC -- which assertions Defendant denies in their entirety --

Plaintiff does not wish to remove Clean Harbors, Inc. as a defendant in this action, 

but wishes to proceed against both Clean Harbors, Inc. and Clean Harbors 

Industrial Services, Inc.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED:

1. Plaintiff may amend her Complaint to add Clean Harbors Industrial 

Services, Inc. as a Defendant in this action.

2. Plaintiff is directed to file the amended complaint within seven (7) 

days of the entry of this order.

DATED: September 30, 2015 DAVID YEREMIAN & ASSOCIATES, 

INC.

By /s/Michele Jackson

David Yeremian

Michele L. Jackson

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LAURA EMERTON

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO PERMIT PLAINTIFF TO AMEND FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT TO 

ADD CLEAN HARBORS INDUSTRIAL SERVICE, INC. AS A DEFENDANT

DATED: September 30, 2015 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & 

STEWART, P.C.

By: /s/Victoria L. Tallman

Sarah R. Nichols

Victoria L. Tallman

Attorneys for Defendant 

CLEAN HARBORS INDUSTRIAL 

SERVICES, INC. (erroneously sued as Clean 

Harbors, Inc.)

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO PERMIT PLAINTIFF TO AMEND FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT TO 

ADD CLEAN HARBORS INDUSTRIAL SERVICE, INC. AS A DEFENDANT

ORDER

The Court having reviewed the foregoing Stipulation, and good cause 

appearing therefore:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff, LAURA EMERTON is granted

leave to amend her Complaint to add Defendant Clean Harbors Industrial Services, Inc. 

as a defendant in this action. Plaintiff is directed to file the amended complaint 

within seven (7) days of the entry of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 30, 2015

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