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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Tallman affirmed a matter in part from a combined jury and bench trial against a munitions and explosives company in an action brought by the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCVWA) that alleged that the company was responsible for contamination of groundwater that the agency pumps from wells. The district court properly permitted SCVWA to assert restoration costs as a measure of damages for the first time after the close of discovery, SCVWA adequately established that groundwater treatment facilities were an appropriate measure of damages, and the jury award of restoration costs was reasonable. However, the district court improperly denied a finding to SCVWA a liability against the company for one category of incurred response costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Affirmed in part.