A settlement was recently reached by Bryan in a case called XX Self Storage v. San Diego Contracting. XX Self Storage is a complex of over 1,000 self storage units in four buildings in north San Diego County. Three of the buildings were built partially below grade. Water seeped into these buildings through retaining walls and up through the building slabs. Bryan represented the building owners, and obtained a settlement in excess of $2.1 million from the General Contractor and sub contractors to repair this defective construction.

This matter involved a Plaintiff who was injured fleeing a rat in her apartment. There was a history of rats in this particular apartment, and although the landlord assured the tenant that they were taking steps to eliminate the rats, they kept coming back. One evening when the Plaintiff was returning home from work, she opened the door to her apartment, and a rat ran at her from the apartment interior. VM tripped while fleeing the rat and injured her shoulder. The case settled for in excess of six figures.

Plaintiff LS hired GC to build her dream house in Julian, CA. The house was a log cabin that the GC represented he was experienced with. After completion of construction, the walls, windows, and roof all leaked both air and moisture. Deposition of the GC discovered that he had never built a log cabin home. Settlement in excess of six figures was obtained prior to trial to allow the owner to make the required repairs.