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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL and 

the TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL 

ACCOUNT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JIM DOBBAS, INC., a 

California corporation; 

CONTINENTAL RAIL, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; DAVID 

VAN OVER, individually; 

PACIFIC WOOD PRESERVING, a 

dissolved California 

corporation; and WEST COAST 

WOOD PRESERVING, LLC, a 

Nevada limited liability 

company,

Defendants,

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS AND 

CROSS-CLAIMS.

CIV. NO. 2:14-595 WBS EFB

ORDER RE: MOTIONS FOR LEAVE TO

FILE COUNTERCLAIMS

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Before the court are three motions for leave to file 

amended pleadings. (Docket Nos. 87, 90, 94.) All three ask for 

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leave pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 15 to bring 

cross-claims against a defendant recently added to this case,

Collins & Aikman Products LLC (“C&A Products”).1 See Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 15(a)(2) (“[A] party may amend its pleading only with the 

opposing party’s written consent or the court’s leave. The court 

should freely give leave when justice so requires.”).

First, defendant Jim Dobbas, Inc. (“Dobbas”) seeks 

leave to bring cross-claims against C&A Products as well as to

correct typographical errors and clarify allegations against 

current cross-defendants. (See Dobbas’s Mem. at 3-4 (Docket No. 

87-1).) Second, defendant West Cost Wood Preserving (“WCWP”) 

moves for leave to add cross-claims against C&A Products. 

(Docket No. 90.) Third, defendant David van Over (“van Over”) 

also moves for leave to add claims against C&A Products. (Docket 

No. 94.) 

Plaintiffs California Department of Toxic Substances 

Control (“DTSC”) and the Toxic Substances Control Account 

(“TSCA”) filed a notice of non-opposition to all three motions. 

(Docket No. 96.) Dobbas also filed a statement of non-opposition 

to all motions. (Docket No. 98.) 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that:

(1) Defendant Jim Dobbas, Inc.’s motion for leave to file a 

First Amendment Cross-Claim be, and the same hereby is, 

GRANTED;

 

1 On December 10, 2014, the court gave leave to 

plaintiffs to file a First Amended Complaint adding C&A Products 

as a defendant after plaintiffs discovered evidence of potential 

applicable insurance coverage. (Docket No. 75.)

 

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(2) Defendant West Coast Wood Preserving’s motion for leave 

to file an amended Answer including new cross-claims be, 

and the same hereby is, GRANTED;

(3) Defendant David van Over’s motion for leave to file a 

First Amendment Cross-Claim be, and the same hereby is, 

GRANTED. 

Dated: February 3, 2015

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