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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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U.S.D.C Case No. Civ. 2:05-CV-01510-WBS-EFB 

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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; CITY 

OF WOODLAND; and ECHCO SALES & 

EQUIPMENT CO., 

Defendants. 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS, 

CROSSCLAIMS AND THIRD-PARTY 

COMPLAINTS. 

Case No. 2:05-CV-01510-WBS-EFB 

ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT 

AND BARRING CONTRIBUTION 

CLAIMS 

STEPHEN C. LEWIS (State Bar No. 66590; scl@bcltlaw.com) 

R. MORGAN GILHULY (State Bar No. 133659; rmg@bcltlaw.com) 

LAURA S. BERNARD (State Bar No 197556; lsb@bcltlaw.com) 

BARG COFFIN LEWIS & TRAPP, LLP 

350 California Street · 22nd Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104-1435 

Telephone: (415) 228-5400 

Facsimile: (415) 228-5450 

Attorneys for Defendant 

OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION 

GARY J. SMITH (State Bar No. 141393; gsmith@bdlaw.com) 

JIA YN CHEN (State Bar No. 222537; jchen@bdlaw.com) 

BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, P.C. 

456 Montgomery Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, California 94104-1251 

Telephone: (415) 262-4000 

Facsimile: (415) 262-4040 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. 

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 The Court has considered Defendants Occidental Chemical Corporation and PPG 

Industries, Inc.’s (the “Settling Defendants”) Application for Order Approving Settlement and 

Barring Contribution Claims (the “Application”). Having read and considered the Application 

and good cause appearing, 

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

 The Application is granted. The Court orders as follows: 

 1) The settlement agreement between Adobe Lumber, Inc. (“Adobe”), Channel 

Lumber Co. (“Channel”), Joe Rossi, Bill Rossi and Rossi Development (collectively, “Rossis”) 

and the Settling Defendants (the “Settlement Agreement”) is approved; 

 2) All claims of Adobe, Channel and Rossis against the Settling Defendants are 

dismissed with prejudice; 

 3) All claims of the Settling Defendants against Adobe, Channel and Rossis are 

dismissed with prejudice; 

 4) All claims against the Settling Defendants by all other parties to this action are 

dismissed with prejudice; 

 5) All claims of the Settling Defendants against all other parties to this action are 

dismissed with prejudice; 

 6) All claims against the Settling Defendants for contribution or indemnity related to 

this action or the matters addressed in the Settlement Agreement are barred, whether such claims 

are brought pursuant to federal or state law; and 

 7) The provisions of the Uniform Comparative Fault Act (“UCFA”) apply with 

respect to the effect of the settlement. 

DATED: January 5, 2010 

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