Real Estate Investor v. General Contractor
Mr. Carroll obtained yet another defense verdict in this recent jury trial in San Francisco, California.
Plaintiffs were real estate investors who had been found liable at a prior trial for damages as a result of their sale of residential property to a third-party buyer. Plaintiffs claimed that their general contractor, who had performed repairs on the property prior to sale, was negligent and defrauded them and sought nearly $900,000.00 in damages from the general contractor on an indemnity theory.
Through aggressive pre-trial and trial motions by Mr. Carroll, many of plaintiffs’ claims were dismissed or limited by the judge. After a three-week trial, the jury awarded plaintiffs only $9,500.00, about 1% of their claim.