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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00123-OWW-SMS - JUDGMENT BY COURT UNDER FRCP RULE 56

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

ONE SANSOME STREET, SUITE 1400 SAN FRTEANLECISPCHOO,N CEA (LI 415FO) 36 RN2-IA258 94104 0

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LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH LLP

SHAWN A. TOLIVER, SBN 148349

CHRISTOPHER J. NEVIS SBN 162812

JANE A. CORNING, SBN 104327

One Sansome Street, Suite 1400

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 362-2580

Facsimile: (415) 434-0882

Attorneys for Defendant, THE AES CORPORATION

and Third Party Defendants THE AES CORPORATION

and AES MENDOTA L.P.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION

BRIAN HALL,

Plaintiff,

v.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL

SERVICES GROUP; and DOES 1-50,

Inclusive,

Defendants.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL

SERVICES, INC.,

Third Party Plaintiff,

v.

AES MENDOTA, L.P.; AES CORPORATION;

and MENDOTA BIOMASS POWER, LTD.,

Third Party Defendants.

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AES MENDOTA, L.P.; AES CORPORATION;

and MENDOTA BIOMASS POWER, LTD.,

Counter-Claimants,

v.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL

SERVICES, INC.,

Counter-Defendant.

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CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00123-OWW-SMS

PARTIAL JUDGMENT BY COURT

UNDER FRCP RULE 56

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CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00123-OWW-SMS - JUDGMENT BY COURT UNDER FRCP RULE 56

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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

This action came on for hearing before the Court, on September 17, 2007, the Honorable

Oliver W. Wanger, District Judge Presiding, on:

1. Third Party Defendants AES Mendota L.P. and AES Corporation’s Motion for

Summary Judgment against Third Party Plaintiff North American Industrial Services, Inc. and;

2. On Defendant AES Corporation’s Motion for Summary Judgment against Plaintiffs

Brian and Jean Hall.

The evidence presented having been fully considered, the issues having been duly heard,

and a decision having been duly rendered, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that: 

1. Mendota Biomass Power, Ltd. is dismissed from this case.

2. Defendant and Third Party Defendant AES Corporation was not Plaintiff’s

employer and did not own or have responsibility for the AES Mendota L.P. plant premises, nor did

it assume any duty to ensure the safety of the AES Mendota L.P. plant operation.

3. The exclusive remedy provisions of California Labor Code Sections 3602 and 3864

preclude liability against the employer, Third Party Defendant AES Mendota L.P., for indemnity

or contribution. 

4. The Complaint filed by Plaintiffs Brian and Jean Hall and the Third Party

Complaint filed by North American Industrial Services, Inc. herein, against Defendants AES

Corporation and AES Mendota L.P. are hereby dismissed.

5. Defendant AES Corporation and Third Party Defendants AES Corporation and

AES Mendota L.P. shall recover their costs.

 

DATED: October 29, 2007

 _/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER________

The Honorable Oliver W. Wanger, 

United States District Judge

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