Service: Litigation Support

The Reynolds Group provides litigation support and strategic advise for litigation.

Support includes, and is not limited to: preparing technical litigation presentations using closed-circuit television images, forensic sampling techniques, subsurface surveys, and data visualization software; technical review of laboratory data; depositions, technical report reviews; historical aerials.

The Reynolds Group also assists attorneys in locating and interviewing testifying experts in the areas of forensic chemistry, photogrammetry, asphalt manufacturing, and foundry operations.

Mr. Reynolds provided expert services for a defendant in the case of Environmental Assessment and Remediation Management, Inc. Plaintiff v. College Valero; Pragnesh Desai; Mahesh Desai; Tej Desais and Does 1 to 100, Case No. CIV 230585 in 2005 for Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Ventura in which there was a dispute over the nature of the contract and the costs claimed for an underground storage tank upgrade project and construction of a mini-mart.

Mr. Reynolds worked for the defendant in the case of People of the State of California, et al. v Crose, et al. Case Nos. T03/0694C and T03/0571C - [Consolidated Cases]. The case involved determining the role of the defendant in contributing to pollution.

Mr. Reynolds provided expert work in a case involving the potential malpractice of an Environmental Professional who provided consultation and regulatory interaction to a client who was negotiating a real estate transaction.

Mr. Reynolds is providing litigation support services in a case in San Diego involving responsibility and allocation of costs for a contaminant release that occurred in the early 1900's and which was discovered by the local redevelopment authority during the demolition and development of the site.

Mr. Reynolds is providing expert services to legal counsel in a lawsuit involving diminution of real estate value caused by the off-site contamination to a residential apartment complex from a next door gasoline station.

Mr. Reynolds is providing expert services to the attorneys of a real estate owner who are trying to recover costs and value for contamination that was caused by a former big oil company that operated on the site. The real estate owner is suing the former operator to clean up the property and Mr. Reynolds is assisting in identifying the data linking the case to the former operator.

Mr. Reynolds is providing expert services to the attorneys in a real estate transaction wherein the property buyer sought to obtain a favorable purchase price by assuming the potential costs of remediation.

Mr. Reynolds is providing expert services and advice to legal counsel in a real estate matter involving a former World War II airplane wing manufacturer with respect to working with the local Regional Water Quality Control Board to obtain no further action on the case.

Mr. Reynolds provided expert services to legal counsel in a matter involving a previous consultant's reported findings at a dry cleaner as the owner/lessor of the retail space sought recourse to the former dry cleaner for contamination caused by the dry cleaning activities.

Mr. Reynolds provided a deposition in a lawsuit between a former landowner and an underground storage tank operator regarding the responsibility and necessity of further assessment and remediation of a site in Los Angeles, California where leaking underground storage tanks had been discovered. Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation v. American House Moving Inc., a California corporation, Sealy Industrial, Inc., a California corporation, f/k/a Chester Sealy House Moving Corporation, Joseph Hertherington, an individual and DOES 1 through 100 inclusive, Case No. CV-97-4299 R (AJWx), United States District Court, Central District of California, Western Division.

Mr. Reynolds provided expert services for a defendant in the case of the People of the State of California; and City of Lodi, California v. M & P Investment, et al., Case No. CIV-S-00-2441 FCD JFM, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, in which the client/defendant was accused of being a responsible party to the case.

Mr. Reynolds went to St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands and collected environmental data in a case called Hansen, et al. v. St. Croix Alumina, LLC, et al., Civil No. 0036/99, in the United States Federal District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix. This toxic tort case involved the citizens downwind of a bauxite facility that was damaged during a hurricane and the alleged spread of red dust throughout the community and into the cisterns.

Mr. Reynolds provided expert services in the case of People of the State of California et al., v Crose et al. Nevada County Superior Court, Truckee Session, Case Nos. T03/0694C and T03/0571C (Consolidated Cases) regarding the nature and extent of case leaks in USTs that might be caused by the lack of a striker plate in the bottom of a tank.

Mr. Reynolds provided expert services and court testimony in the case of EAR, etc. vs. College Valero, etc. et al. Case No. CIV230585 in the Superior Court of Ventura County. The case revolved around payments and change order claims for a contractor related to the demolition and construction of a gasoline station.

Mr. Reynolds provided expert services in the case of Tait Environmental Management, Inc., a California corporation; Tait & Associates, Inc. a California corporation v. Erik Johnson, an individual, Edward Batlle, an individual; Jacob & Hefner Associates, P.C., Case No. 06CC07766, Superior Court of the State of California, County of Orange- Central Justice Center, in which the plaintiff was attempting to recover damages from employees who left its employment with company confidential information.

Mr. Reynolds provided expert services in the case of Beverly Lynn Gabrielson et al. v. Laura Gomez et al. La Boutique Dry Cleaners. 13702 Ventura, Sherman Oaks, California. United States District Court, Central District of California Western Division. Case No. CV-08-06442 AHM (AJWx). His consulting work related to the responsibility of a dry cleaner for contamination of the soils and groundwater. The case involved separating responsibilities and Mr. Reynolds work justified the expenses and rationale for the technical approach to assessing the contamination, interacting with the regulatory agencies, and ultimately receiving a "no further action" determination from the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board.

In 2010, Mr. Reynolds provided expert services in the case of Gadi Emein, Ventura Shoup Carwash, Inc. and Ventura Shoup Property, Inc. vs ones Kabir, Soil Pacific, Inc., and a cross-complaint by Soil Pacific, Inc. against the same named Plaintiffs. This was pending as Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2009000296983. This case involved a consultant who had been defrauded by his client for work performed in connection with a California Leaking Underground Storage Tank Case. Mr. Reynolds and his legal preparation team reviewed the history of costs incurred on the project and the technical methodologies used to clean the soil and groundwater. He was requested to opine on the reasonableness of costs and methodologies. The court ruled favor of the consultant.