Construction and Product Defect Settlements and Judgments:

Obtained $39.5 million construction defect, foundation and moisture intrusion settlement for Boulder County homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 226 units.

Obtained $32.5 million in product liability settlements on behalf of the owners of over 12,000 Colorado homes with defective windows.

Peterson
v. Mission Viejo Co.:

Represented the owners of over 1,000 Douglas County homes. Settlement included floor slab repair/replacement program.

Morello
v. Richmond Homes:

Represented the owners of over 12,000 Colorado homes. Settlement included six-year floor slab supplemental warranty and ten-year replacement structural warranty programs.

Colorado Slab-On-Grade Litigation:

Represented the owners of over 2,500 homes built by Falcon Homes, Ryland Homes, Village Homes, Collonade Homes, Writer Homes, Merit Homes and Centex Homes. Settlements included one, six or ten-year floor slab repair/replacement programs. To obtain class action claim information for the Village Homes and Ryland Homes settlements, go to: http://www.coloradomanagement.com/.

The Terraces Lawsuit:

The Ponds at Blue River HOA:

Obtained $11.7 million construction defect settlement for Summit County homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 84 units.

Pine Ridge Townhome Assoc.
v. DKS Aspen Junction LP:

Obtained $7.5 million construction defect settlement for Eagle County homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 24 units.

Pinnacle Creek
v. Sovereign Investments:

Haberer
v. Peterson Constr. Co.:

Obtained $6.2 million jury verdict and judgment on behalf of four sets of Jefferson County homeowners arising from damage due to Colorado’s deeply dipping bedrock.  The case settled on a confidential basis after trial.

Chaney, et al.
v. Cascade Homes:

Village at Horizon Point
v. Beacon Hill Investments:

Obtained $5.9 million construction defect settlement for Jefferson County homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 52 units.

Cypress Ridge HOA
v. Colorado Homes & Lifestyles:

Obtained $6.1 million bad stucco and construction defect settlement for Colorado Springs homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 126 single-family homes.

Baker Commons Condo. Assoc., Inc.
v. ABH Development, Inc.

Green Mountain Landslide:

Obtained confidential settlement on behalf of 9 families whose homes were rendered uninhabitable or unmarketable due to a landslide in Golden.

Other, Confidential Settlements

Grand Junction Landslide:

Obtained $1.1 million settlement for 2 families whose home and property were rendered uninhabitable due to a Grand Junction landslide.

Village Point Townhomes at Breckenridge
v. Wooden Ski Corp.:

Obtained $3.1 million construction defect settlement for Breckenridge homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 51 units.

Hoang
v. Monterra Homes:

Obtained $4.5 million jury verdict and judgment on behalf of three sets of Jefferson County homeowners arising from damage due to Colorado’s deeply dipping bedrock.  The Firm then handled an insurance coverage lawsuit against the builder's insurers in an effort to satisfy the judgment, which suit later settled on a confidential basis.  See "Appeals" below.

Harmon et al.
v. Storck Dev. Co.:

Obtained $2.86 million foundation and flooring system defect settlement on behalf of 7 Adams County homeowners.

Townhomes at Coal Creek HOA
v. Zeta Constr.:

Obtained $2.9 million construction defect settlement for Boulder County homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 112 units.

Century Lofts HOA
v. Nouveau Dev. Co.:

Obtained $1.95 million construction defect settlement for Denver homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 29 units.

The Township at Dakota
Condominium Owners
Association v. Dakota
Builders, Inc.:

Obtained $3.8 million construction defect settlement for Boulder County homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 97 units.

Louisiana Purchase II HOA
v. Amrepco:

Obtained $3.65 million construction defect settlement for Arapahoe County homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 65 units.

Park Ave. Lofts Condominium Association v. Atlas Development Corp.:

Negotiated $930,000 construction defect settlement, plus an additional $13,000 in roof repairs, for Summit County condominium association on behalf of 20 residential and 1 commercial unit owners.

Villa Riva Condominium Assoc.
v. Discovery Place Investments:

Obtained $1.72 million moisture intrusion, mold and construction defect settlement for Arapahoe County homeowner association on behalf of the owners of 65 units.

McCoy v. Sessions:

Obtained $475,000 jury verdict and judgment for Adams County family due to construction defects.  The case settled on a confidential basis after trial.

Parker v. Carlton Homes:

Obtained $350,000 jury verdict and judgment on behalf of Jefferson County family.  The case settled on a confidential basis after trial.

Roads and Infrastructure:

Cedar Heights Road Lawsuit:

Obtained settlement valued at over $10.0 million for Colorado Springs homeowner association on behalf of the owners of over 300 single-family homes. Settlement included $6.0 million for road repairs plus the transfer of several hundred acres of land from the developer to the homeowner association dedicated as open space.

Riverbend Subdivision
Irrigation Ditch Lawsuit:

Obtained over $1.1 million settlement for five sets of Glenwood Springs homeowners whose homes were undermined by a leaking irrigation ditch.

Commercial Property:

Baker Commons Condo. Assoc., Inc. v. ABH Development, Inc.

PMP Phase II Company,
LLC v. Construction Corp.
of the Rockies, Inc.:

Obtained $1.8 million jury verdict and judgment on behalf of commercial strip mall owner due to structural failures.  The case settled on a confidential basis after trial.

Arbitration:

Duffy v. Writer Homes:

Obtained $1.0+ million arbitration award on behalf of 2 families whose homes were wracked by pressure associated with unstable site conditions. The case settled on a confidential basis after the arbitration award issued.

Personal Injury and Insurance Cases:

Haynes v. Ankmar:

Obtained confidential settlement on behalf of Highlands Ranch family whose 2-year old child was killed by descending garage door.

Carosa v. State Farm:

Obtained $750,000 settlement for family whose home was destroyed by fire but insurer would not pay for loss.

Hoang v. Assurance Co. of America and Maryland Casualty Co.:

Obtained $4.5 million judgment on behalf of three families against their homebuilder's insurers.  The ensuing insurance coverage lawsuit later settled on a confidential basis. See also "Appeals" below.

Appeals:

Hoang, et al. v. Monterra Homes, LLC v. Assurance Company of America and Maryland Casualty Company:

Succeeded in persuading the Colorado Supreme Court to overrule an earlier decision and declare that liability insurance coverage for construction defects is not voided as to home buyers who purchase previously-owned homes.

Hoang v. Arbess:

Landmark Colorado case holding construction company owners and employees personally liable for construction defects.

A.C. Excavating v.
Yacht Club II HOA:

Supported another construction defect law firm with an “amicus” (friend of the court) brief filed on behalf of homeowner advocacy group in leading Colorado case holding that subcontractors owe a legal duty to homeowners to do their work properly. Firm article “The Construction Defect Action Reform Act ” and book chapter referred to in opinion.

Ferla v. Infinity Dev. Associates:

Attacked Constitutionality of Colorado’s Arbitration Act as applied to homeowners.

Eagle Ridge Condominium Assoc. v. Metropolitan Builders:

Firm’s ground-breaking article “When the Developer Controls the Homeowner Association Board: The Benevolent Dictator?” referred to by Colorado appellate court in case brought by another construction defect law firm.