DOLE FOOD CO., INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B262044.

242 Cal.App.4th 894 (2015)

195 Cal. Rptr. 3d 461

DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Real Parties in Interest.

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

December 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Andrea E. Neuman , Thomas A. Manakides and William E. Thomson for Petitioners.

Frederick Bennett for Respondent.

Girardi/Keese, Thomas V. Girardi , Robert W. Finnerty , Christopher T. Aumais ; Law Offices of Martin N. Buchanan and Martin N. Buchanan for Real Parties in Interest Adelino Acosta and City of Carson.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, David L. Schrader and Deanne L. Miller for Real Parties in Interest Shell Oil Company and Equilon Enterprises LLC.

Lavin, J., and Jones, J., concurred.


OPINION

This mass tort litigation arises out of an environmental investigation which revealed that soil beneath a housing tract in Carson, California, was contaminated with residual petroleum hydrocarbons. In this writ proceeding challenging the trial court's...

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