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WATSON LAND CO. v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. B155019.

29 Cal.Rptr.3d 343 (2005)

130 Cal.App.4th 69

WATSON LAND COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

Review Denied September 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caldwell, Leslie, Newcombe & Pettit, Michael R. Leslie, Mary Newcombe, Cara A. Horowitz, Los Angeles, Andrew Esbenshade, Sandra L. Tholen; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, and Feris M. Greenberger, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Bright and Brown, James S. Bright, Maureen J. Bright and Brian L. Becker, Glendale, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw and Gregory R. McClintock, Los Angeles, for Western States Petroleum Association as amicus curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Certified for Partial Publication.*

ASHMANN-GERST, J.

INTRODUCTION

When respondent Watson Land Company (Watson) discovered groundwater and soil contamination under its land (the Watson Center), it claimed that appellant Shell Oil Company (Shell), among others, was responsible. A jury awarded Watson $3,915,851 for the cost of cleanup of contamination caused by the leakage of leaded gasoline from pipelines Shell was operating...

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