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BLACKHAWK – REMODEL – STRUCTURAL DAMAGE – CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS – MEDIATION AND SETTLEMENT

A Blackhawk homeowner hired a contractor for a downstairs remodeling project that was performed negligently, causing a loss of support to the upper floor and resulting damage.  MLF was retained by the homeowner to mediate with the responsible parties and recovered $150,000 in damages.

BRENTWOOD – COMMERCIAL BUILDING – FOUNDATION DISTRESS – WALLBOARD CRACKS – OUT-OF-LEVEL FLOORS – CONCRETE CRACKS – LITIGATION AND SETTLEMENT

A Brentwood commercial building owner retained MLF when the contractor who built his 20,000 sf building refused to respond to persistent soils/foundation stress problems including wallboard cracks and out-of-level and cracking concrete slab floors.  MLF litigated against the builder and other responsible parties and recovered $475,000 in damages for the client.

BRENTWOOD – CLASS-ACTION – CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS – INSURANCE COVERAGE – LITIGATION – SETTLEMENT

A large land developer and homebuilder retained MLF to defend it in a 109-home construction defect litigation, which ultimately settled entirely with funds from the developer’s liability insurance companies and contributions from responsible subcontractors and from another developer.

BRENTWOOD – CLASS-ACTION – CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS – LITIGATION – INSURANCE COVERAGE – SETTLEMENT

A large homebuilder retained MLF to defend it in a 29-home construction defect lawsuit.  MLF negotiated a settlement whereby the homebuilder’s liability insurance company made a settlement payment to the homeowner class and the homebuilder assigned to the homeowner class its indemnity rights against responsible subcontractors.  MLF’s client was not required to fund any portion of the class-action settlement.

ST HELENA – CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS – ROOF LEAKS – PROPERTY DAMAGE – LITIGATION – SETTLEMENT

A St. Helena property owner retained MLF to litigate against the general contractor who constructed his multi-million dollar vineyard estate when roofing deficiencies resulted in property damage in the main residence.  The settlement of the lawsuit resulted in MLF’s client recovering $319,715 in damages.

LAFAYETTE – FOUNDATION DISTRESS – SOILS ENGINEER – DEVELOPER – HOMEBUILDER- FOUNDATION SOILS – LITIGATION – SETTLEMENT

A Lafayette homeowner retained MLF when his new home suffered foundation distress attributable to inadequate design of foundation footings and improper preparation of foundation soils.  MLF filed a lawsuit against the homebuilder and the project soils engineer and recovered $240,000 in damages for the client.