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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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Daniel F. Reidy - California Bar No. 74941

LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL F. REIDY

3701 Sacramento Street, # 386

San Francisco, CA 94118

Telephone: (415) 750-4210

Facsimile: (415) 750-4214

Attorneys for Defendants and Third-Party

Plaintiffs Alpheus Kaplan and

Nehemiah Development Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

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, 

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

ORDER GRANTING THIRD-PARTY

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR

APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENTS

AND GOOD FAITH

DETERMINATION 

Hearing Date: 11/02/2007

Time: 9:00 A.M.

Place: Courtroom 3

Judge: Morrison C. England, Jr.

Pretrial Conference: 3/17/2008

Trial Date: 4/23/2008

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ELGIN BOWERS AND CAROLYN BOWERS,

ASSOCIATED ENGINEERS AND 

PLANNERS, INC., WARREN NOTEWARE,

JAMES MESSINGER, STEEL BUILDING

SYSTEMS, INC., MYRTLE SALMON,

CHARTER MORTGAGE & INVESTMENTS,

INC., SHELDON THOMPSON, CHARLES C.

BRUNER, ROBERT E. MILLER AND

MEREDITH MILLER, JACK BRUSATORI,

ROBERT EARL OLSON AND MARTHA

WADELL OLSON, SUMMIT APARTMENTS,

WALTER E, HAMILTON, JEAN HAMILTON,

CHARLES O. ALLEN AND BARBARA E.

ALLEN, FRANK HARDY, CHRISTINA SUNG,

THOMAS P. JONES AND JACQUELINE L.

JONES, ROBERT BUGNI AND MARGOT

BUGNI, LEO MONSON AND MAURINE

MONSON, PHYLLIS STUMPF,

Third Party Defendants

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Third-Party Plaintiffs ALPHEUS KAPLAN and NEHEMIAH DEVELOPMENT

COMPANY (“collectively “Third-Party Plaintiffs”)’s Motion for Approval of Settlements and

Good Faith Determination (the “Motion”) was considered by this Court. After considering the

moving papers, any responses thereto, and the record as a whole, the Court finds that the

settlements set forth in the six (6) Mutual Release and Settlement Agreements (“Settlement

Agreements”) attached as Exhibits “B” through “G” to the Third-Party Plaintiffs’ Memorandum

of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion for Approval of Settlements and Good Faith

Determination, which were entered into between Third-Party Plaintiffs and each of the ThirdParty Defendants listed below (“Settling Third-Party Defendants”), were made in good faith and

are fair, reasonable and consistent with the purposes of the Comprehensive Environmental,

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.. 

The Settling Third-Party Defendants and their respective settlement payments to ThirdParty Plaintiffs are identified below:

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 SETTLING THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS

(1) Robert E. Miller and Meredith Miller: $10,000.

(2) Jack Brusatori, Sr.: $25,000.

(3) Robert and Margot Bugni and Leo and Maurine Monson: $30,000.

(4) Jean Hamilton individually and the Summit Apartments

 Partnership on behalf of its general partners (Walter E. 

 Hamilton, Jean Hamilton, Charles O. Allen and Barbara E. 

 Allen, Frank Hardy, Christina Sung, Thomas P. Jones, and 

 Jacqueline L. Jones): $25,000.

(5) Robert Earl Olson and Martha Wadell Olson: $1,000.

(6) Warren Noteware: $30,000. 

 Total $121,000.

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

appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED, and IT IS FURTHER

ORDERED that: 

1. Section 6 of the Uniform Comparative Fault Act (“UCFA”), 12 U.L.A. 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 each of the Settlement Agreements.

2. Each of the Settlement Agreements is hereby approved pursuant to Section 6 of UCFA

and California Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6.

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

Settling Third-Party Defendants entered into their respective Settlement Agreements in good faith

pursuant to California Civil Procedure Code section 877.6.

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

and all claims for contribution and indemnity against any and all of the Settling Third-Party

Defendants arising out of the facts alleged by Third-Party Plaintiffs in the Third-Party Complaint

(as amended), as further provided for in the respective Settlement Agreements (the terms of which

are incorporated herein), or otherwise related to or arising in the Action, 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 any or all of the Settling Third-Party

Defendants 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 any of the Settling Third-Party

Defendants 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 the response costs and other costs Plaintiff United States claimed it incurred

with respect to the Central Eureka Mine Superfund Site is hereby reduced by the Settling ThirdParty Defendants’ proportionate shares of liability in accordance with the “comparative fault” or

“proportionate share” rule embodied in UCFA. 

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

Dated: October 31, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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