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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:6901 Environmental Cleanup Expenses

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647655.01/SF Case No. S-02-1479 LKK/JFM 

Order

DAVID D. COOKE (BAR NO. 94939) 

TIMOTHY A. DOLAN (BAR NO. 209674) 

EMILY L. KENNEDY (BAR NO. 223815) 

ALLEN MATKINS LECK GAMBLE & MALLORY LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-4074 

Telephone: (415) 837-1515 

Facsimile: (415) 837-1516 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

CALIFORNIA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY 

LEE N. SMITH (BAR NO. 138071) 

STOEL RIVES LLP 

770 L Street, Suite 800 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 447-0700 

Facsimile: (916) 447-4781 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

AMERIPRIDE SERVICES, INC. 

JOHN S. POULOS (BAR NO. 154689) 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

400 Capital Mall, Suite 1700 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Tel: (916) 329-4700 

Fax: (916) 441-3583 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

PETROLANE INCORPORATED 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CALIFORNIA-AMERICAN WATER 

COMPANY, a California corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AMERIPRIDE SERVICES, INC., a Delaware 

corporation, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. S-02-1479 LKK/JFM 

(Related with Case No. S-00-113 and S-04-

1494) 

ORDER 

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647655.01/SF Case No. S-02-1479 LKK/JFM 

Order

 

The Court, having considered the joint motion by plaintiff California-American Water 

Company (“Cal-Am”) and defendants AmeriPride Services, Inc. and Petrolane Incorporated 

(collectively, the "Parties") and good cause appearing therefor, hereby orders: 

1. The Settlement Agreement between the Parties is approved. 

2. This approval of the Settlement Agreement and Order shall operate as a bar of 

claims by any non-settling person or entity against any party to the Settlement Agreement for 

contribution, or for partial or comparative equitable indemnity based on comparative negligence or 

comparative fault, regarding matters addressed in the Settlement Agreement. 

3. Except for the bar of claims established in Paragraph 2, the Court has made no 

determination as to the effect, if any, of the Settlement Agreement on the liability of non-settling 

parties with respect to claims of Cal-Am asserted in this case or on the liability of non-settling 

parties with respect to claims asserted in the related cases. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: August 15, 2005 /s/Lawrence K. Karlton 

 Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton 

 United Stated District Judge 

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