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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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Howard L. Pearlman, State Bar No. 124785

Robert L. Wainess, State Bar No. 121137

BARTKO, ZANKEL, TARRANT & MILLER

A Professional Corporation

900 Front Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 956-1900

Facsimile: (415) 956-1152

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ADOBE LUMBER, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

ADOBE LUMBER, INC., a California 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

F. WARREN HELLMAN and WELLS FARGO 

BANK, N.A., as Trustees of Trust A created by 

the Estate of Marco Hellman; F. WARREN 

HELLMAN as Trustee of Trust B created by the 

Estate of Marco Hellman; THE ESTATE OF 

MARCO HELLMAN, DECEASED; 

WOODLAND SHOPPING CENTER, a limited 

partnership; JOSEPH MONTALVO, an 

individual; HAROLD TAECKER, an individual; 

GERALDINE TAECKER, an individual; HOYT 

CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation; 

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania 

corporation; OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL 

CORPORATION, a New York corporation; and 

CITY OF WOODLAND;

Defendants.

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No. 2:05-CV-01510-WBS-PAN

STIPULATION AND [Proposed] ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS 

HAROLD TAECKER AND GERALDINE 

TAECKER TO RESPOND TO FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND FOR 

FILING MOTION TO APPROVE 

SETTLEMENT

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff Adobe Lumber, Inc. (“Adobe”) filed in the abovecaptioned action (the “Action”) its original Complaint on July 27, 2005 and its First 

Amended Complaint for Cleanup Order Under RCRA; Contribution and Declaratory 

Relief Under CERCLA; Contribution and Indemnity Under the California Hazardous 

Substances Account Act; Nuisance; Trespass; Strict Product Liability; Negligence; and 

Negligence Per Se (“Adobe’s FAC”) on August 29, 2005;

WHEREAS, Adobe delivered a summons, the FAC, a Notice and 

Acknowledgment of Receipt of Summons and related documents to Defendants 

HAROLD TAECKER, an individual, and GERALDINE TAECKER, an individual (the 

“Taeckers”) by United States Mail on or about August 30, 2005;

WHEREAS, Adobe and the Taeckers (the “Parties”) have settled the 

Action upon the occurrence of certain conditions precedent (the “Settlement Agreement”);

WHEREAS the Parties have agreed to file a joint motion for determination 

of good faith settlement that will request the Court to: i) discharge the Taeckers from all 

liability for contribution to any third party and ii) reduce the amount of Adobe’s claims 

against third parties by the amount of its settlement with the Taeckers;

WHEREAS, a favorable ruling on the Parties’ Motion to Approve 

Settlement is a condition precedent to the performance of the Settlement Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Parties intend to file their Motion to Approve Settlement 

by December 23, 2005 but not later than January 31, 2006.

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that the Taeckers should not be required to 

file an answer or other responsive pleading unless the Parties either fail to file their Motion 

to Approve Settlement or receive an unfavorable ruling on such motion. 

NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated as follows:

1. Adobe and the Taeckers intend to file and serve their Motion to 

Approve Settlement by December 23, 2005 and agree that either the Motion to Approve 

Settlement or the Taeckers’ responsive pleading to the FAC will be filed no later than 

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January 31, 2006.

2. If Adobe and the Taeckers file their Motion to Approve Settlement and 

receive an unfavorable ruling from the Court such that they cannot perform the Settlement 

Agreement, the Taeckers shall file an answer or other pleading responsive to Adobe’s 

FAC within 30 days after service of the Court’s ruling on the Motion to Approve 

Settlement. 

DATED: December ___, 2005

BARTKO, ZANKEL, TARRANT & 

MILLER

A Professional Corporation

By: 

Robert L. Wainess

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ADOBE LUMBER, INC.

DATED: December ___, 2005

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH 

LLP

By: 

Robert M. Shannon

Attorneys for Defendants

HAROLD TAECKER and

GERALDINE TAECKER

IT IS SO ORDERED:

DATED: December 9, 2005

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