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Concerned Citizens v. City of La Habra

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a challenge to the approval of the construction of a retail warehouse facility, even though the trial court found that the mitigated negative...

TRB Inv. Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Construction, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A renovation to an existing commercial building does not fall under the "under construction" exception to the vacancy exclusion of a property...

C.S.A. Contracting Corp. v. New York City Sch. Constr.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts
In a breach of contract action, plaintiff's notice of claim, pursuant to Public Authorities Law section 1744(2), was not timely since it was not...

Anderson First Coalition v. City of Anderson

Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action challenging the approval of a shopping center project, the trial court improperly denied plaintiff's petition regarding the project's...

GLF Constr. Corp. v. LAN/STV

Construction, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's tort claims is affirmed where defendant was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity for independent contractors...

Outlaw v. Airtech Air Conditioning

Construction, Contracts
In a breach of a construction contract action, summary judgment against plaintiff is affirmed over her claim that defendant's failure to secure...

Hodge v. Kirkpatrick Dev. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Insurance Law
The trial court erred in denying defendant-insurance company's motion to intervene in a construction defect lawsuit where it has a statutory right to...

Communications Relay Corp v. County of L.A.

Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
Water Code section 13750.5 mandates that a person responsible for constructing a water well hold a C-57 Water Well Contractor's License.

Sanders v. Lull Int'l

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a tort case arising from a construction equipment accident, summary judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where the district court erred when...

Acosta v. SI Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Remedies
In a construction defect case, an award of costs to defendant as the prevailing party is reversed and remanded since the trial court erred when it did...