If you attended school as a student or worked as staff at Magnolia Elementary School in El Cajon, California for one or more school years between January 1, 1963 through April 14, 2020, you may qualify for benefits from this class action Settlement.

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit about claims of exposure to toxic contamination from waste materials stored below ground at the Former Ametek Facility (located at 790 Greenfield Avenue, El Cajon, California). Generally, you are included in the Settlement if you attended school as a student or worked as staff at Magnolia Elementary School in Cajon, California for one or more school years between January 1, 1963 through April 14, 2020.

The Settlement includes every person who: (1) attended Magnolia Elementary School as a student for one or more school years between January 1, 1963 through April 14, 2020; or (2) worked as staff at Magnolia Elementary School for one or more school years between January 1, 1963 through April 14, 2020.

The Settlement Class excludes any individual who has independently settled or resolved any claims related to exposure to contaminants emanating from the Former Ametek Facility with any Defendant in the Trujillo Action, and specifically including any person who has settled or resolved claims directly with Ametek, Inc., Senior Operations LLC, or any of Defendants’ present, former, and future parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, stockholders, benefit plans, officers, directors, employees, joint ventures, members, domestic and foreign corporations, attorneys, insurers, agents and any of their legal representatives, and the predecessors, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns of the same.

Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act.


Your Legal Rights and Options in This Settlement
Receive Medical Consultation

The deadline to file a claim to receive any medical consultation benefits has passed.

Exclude Yourself from the Settlement Receive no benefit from the Settlement. This is the only option that allows you to retain your right to bring any other lawsuit against Ametek about the claims in this case.
Object Write to the Court if you do not like the terms of the Settlement.
Go to a Hearing Ask to speak in Court about the fairness of the Settlement.
Do Nothing You will not receive any benefits from the Settlement and will give up your right to bring your own lawsuit against Ametek about the claims in this case.

These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained further on the FAQ page of this website.


Current Status

On March 3, 2021, the Court granted Final Approval of the Settlement and the claims review process is on-going.


Important Dates
  • January 1, 1963 - April 14, 2020
    Class Period
  • July 25, 2020
    Deadline to Exclude Yourself from the Settlement
  • July 25, 2020
    Deadline to Object to the Settlement
  • October 26, 2020, at 2:00 p.m.
    Final Fairness Hearing
  • March 3, 2023
    Deadline to Submit Claim For Medical Consultation Benefits