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Tony Baker, Westview Homeowner
I want to pass Laura and my great appreciation to Casey and you all for your great work and dedication to our problem! You’ve really made a difference in our lives here!
Anita Thompson, Westview Estates HOA president
Even though you and Adil are pros, the board and plantiffs at Westview Estates sometimes felt as if we were engaged in a David versus Goliath battle against some very high-powered and well-financed players.
Somerset Park Condominium Association v. The Quadrant Corp. v. ET. al.
Somerset Park is a 134-unit condominium community located in Everett, Washington. Somerset was built between 1998 and 1999, and developed by The Quadrant Corporation.
Approximately five years after the project was completed, the Somerset Homeowners Association commissioned an envelope study. The inspection revealed numerous violations of the building code, architectural plans and construction industry standards. The defects included: improper roof installation; problems with the installation of the weather resistive barrier; improper foundation and concrete work; siding and window installation issues; and installation problems with the project’s gutters.
Lead counsel for the case, Todd Skoglund, filed a lawsuit on behalf of Somerset Park Condominium Association against The Quadrant Corporation. Quadrant, in turn, sued the subcontractors it hired for the original construction.
Soon after filing suit, it became clear the subcontractors and their insurance companies would take no responsibility for the defective work. The Association, on the advice of counsel, settled with The Quadrant Corporation and pursued its claims directly against the subcontractors and their insurers.
As of the date of settlement with Quadrant, six subcontractors remained in the case. During the following year and half of litigation, Casey & Skolund aggressively litigated the claims against these subcontractors, and forced five of the six to settle prior to trial.
In December 2006 the case proceeded to trial. After a two week jury trial the remaining subcontractor was ordered by the jury to pay $3,000,000.00 in damages, in addition to the Association’s attorney fees and costs.
As a result of aggressive litigation on our part, and necessitated by the remaining contractor’s refusal to take any responsibility for its faulty work, the Association repaired all of the defective construction at no cost to them, and was made completely whole with no out-of-pocket expenses remaining.