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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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CRAIGIE,

MCCARTHY

& CLOW 

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 [Proposed] Order Granting AmCal’s, Bryson’s and 

Fuller’s Motion for Approval of Settlement and 

Good Faith Determination 

Peter W. Craigie, State Bar No. 99509 

Kristen E. Drake, State Bar No. 202827 

CRAIGIE, McCARTHY & CLOW 

540 Pacific Avenue 

San Francisco, CA 94133 

Telephone: (415) 732-7788 

Facsimile: (415) 732-7783 

Attorneys for Third-Party Defendants 

AMCAL, KIRK L. BRYSON and 

GENEVIEVE FULLER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., 

ALPHEUS KAPLAN, NEHEMIAH 

DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, 

 Defendants. 

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ALPHEUS KAPLAN AND NEHEMIAH 

DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, 

 Third-Party Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., 

AMCAL, KIRK L. BRYSON, 

GENEVIEVE FULLER, JOHN B. ALLEN,

SR., JANET ALLEN, JOHN MUNN AND 

ANN MUNN, ELGIN BOWERS AND 

CAROLYN BOWERS, ASSOCIATED 

ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS, INC., 

WARREN NOTEWARE, JAMES 

MESSINGER, STEEL BUILDING 

STSTEMS, INC., MYRTLE SALMON, 

CHARTER MORTGAGE & 

INVESTMENTS, INC., SHELDON 

THOMPSON, CHARLES C. BRUNER, 

 Civil Action No.: 2:06-cv-00387-MCE-JFM

ORDER GRANTING THIRD-PARTY 

DEFENDANT AMCAL’S, KIRK L. 

BRYSON’S AND GENEVIEVE FULLER’S 

MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF 

SETTLEMENT AND GOOD FAITH 

DETERMINATION 

Hearing Date: November 2, 2007 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Place: Courtroom 3 

Judge: Morrison C. England, Jr. 

Pretrial Conference: March 17, 2008 

Trial Date: April 23, 2008 

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Good Faith Determination 

ROBERT E. MILLER AND MEREDITH 

MILLER, JACK BRUSATORI, ROBERT 

EARL OLSON AND MARTHA WADELL 

OLSON, SUMMIT APARTMENTS, 

WALTER E. HAMILTON, PHYLLIS 

STUMPF, 

 Third-Party Defendants. 

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The Motion for Approval of Settlement and Good Faith Determination (the “Motion”) of 

Third-Party Defendants AMCAL, KIRK L. BRYSON and GENEVIEVE FULLER was heard by 

this Court. After considering the moving papers, any responses thereto and the record as a whole, 

the Court finds that the $10,000.00 settlement payment and the terms set forth in the Mutual 

Release and Settlement Agreement (“Settlement Agreement”), which is attached as Exhibit “D” 

to the Declaration of Kirk L. Bryson and which was entered into between Third-Party Plaintiffs 

and said Third-Party Defendants, was made in good faith and was fair, reasonable and consistent 

with the purposes of the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (“CERCLA”), 42 USC § 9601, et seq.. 

The matter having been briefed, argued and submitted for decision, and good cause 

appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that: 

1. Section 6 of the Uniform Comparative Fault Act (“UCFA”), 12 ULA 147 (1996), in 

pertinent part, is hereby adopted as the federal common law in this case for the purpose of 

determining the legal effect of the Settlement Agreement. 

2. The Settlement Agreement is hereby approved pursuant to Section 6 of the UCFA and 

California Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6. 

3. The Court finds and determines that the Third-Party Plaintiffs and Third-Party 

Defendants AmCal, Bryson and Fuller entered into the Settlement Agreement in good faith 

pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6. 

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4. Pursuant to Section 6 of UCFA and California Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6, 

any and all claims for contribution and indemnity against Third-Party Defendants AmCal, 

Bryson and Fuller arising out of the facts alleged by Third-Party Plaintiffs are barred, regardless 

of when such claims are asserted and by whom, and regardless of whether the claims are brought 

pursuant to CERCLA or any other federal or state law. 

5. Any and all claims, including direct claims, cross-claims, counter-claims and thirdparty claims, alleged or that could have been alleged against Third-Party Defendants AmCal, 

Bryson or Fuller by any party, including Third-Party Plaintiffs, are hereby dismissed with 

prejudice. 

6. Any and all claims, including direct claims, cross-claims, counter-claims and thirdparty claims, alleged or that could have been alleged by Third-Party Defendants AmCal, Bryson 

or Fuller against the Third-Party Plaintiffs are hereby dismissed with prejudice. 

7. The nonsettlors’ share of liability for contribution pursuant to CERCLA for alleged 

respective shares of response costs and other costs Plaintiff United States claimed it incurred 

with respect to the Central Eureka Mine Superfund Site is hereby reduced by Third-Party 

Defendants AmCal’s, Bryson’s and Fuller’s proportionate share of liability in accordance with 

the “comparative fault” or “proportionate share” rule embodied in UCFA. 

8. This Court retains jurisdiction to enforce the Settlement Agreement. 

Dated: December 4, 2007 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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