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Sedgwick Wins Jury Verdict for Ghilotti Bros. in Construction Contract Case

July 2010

Following a five-week trial, a unanimous jury decision in Marin County Superior Court awarded Ghilotti Bros., Inc. more than $1 million in  damages against Larkspur Capital Partners and Monahan Pacific Construction Corporation  and rejected their cross-complaint against Ghilotti  for approximately $55 million.   The case, Ghilotti Bros. Inc. v. Monahan Pacific (Case No. 060168), centered on a subcontract regarding the site work for  Drake’s Cove, a 23-lot subdivision located in Larkspur, Calif.  In reaching its decision, the jury awarded Ghilotti $1,066,385 in damages for breach of contract and rejected the cross-claim of Larkspur Capital Partners and Monahan Pacific Construction for $5.2 million for alleged incomplete/defective work, $621,000 for liquidated damages and more than $50 million for delay-related damages, including Larkspur Capital’s inability to market the project until 2007, when the economic downturn adversely affected home sales in the residential housing market. 

 

Paul B. Lahaderne and David F. Mangini represented Ghilotti Bros. at trial. 

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