Gain from Litigation Settlement

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Gain From Litigation Settlement [Abstract]

Gain from Litigation Settlement

10.GAIN FROM LITIGATION SETTLEMENT 

In November 2010, the Company’s subsidiary, Potrero Hills Landfill, Inc. (“PHLF”), which owns and operates the Potrero Hills Landfill in Solano County, California, initiated contractual arbitration proceedings with Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. in San Francisco against The Ratto Group of Companies, Inc. (“Ratto”) alleging Ratto’s breach of the parties’ Solid Waste Disposal Agreement.

The case was arbitrated in February and March 2012 before the Honorable Fern Smith (ret.).  On August 13, 2012, Judge Smith issued her Final Award finding that Ratto had breached the Solid Waste Disposal Agreement by failing to include PHLF in its 2010 bid to Sonoma County and awarding PHLF lost profits, attorney’s fees and costs.  Pursuant to this Final Award, on September 13, 2012, Ratto remitted to PHLF $3,551, which was recorded as Gain from litigation settlement in the Consolidated Statements of Net Income.