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Construction Group Secures Favorable Settlement for PCL Civil Constructors

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 01.01.06

Crowell & Moring secured a favorable settlement for our client in a construction defect case involving a sewer pipe in San Diego. In 2003, the City of San Diego brought suit against general contractor PCL Civil Constructors Inc. for alleged defective installation of joint welds in the interior lining of the sewer pipe. Representing PCL Civil Constructors, Stuart Einbinder was the partner in charge and was assisted by former counsel Rosemary Carson and counsel Theresa Lopez. The opposing counsel was the City Attorney-Civil Division of the City of San Diego. The case was settled in the spring of 2005

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