Representative Sampling of Recent Construction-Related * Mediations / Settlements and Parties
- 4S Ranch (Newland), San Diego, CA
- Aliante (Pulte), Las Vegas, NV
- Anthem (Del Webb), Las Vegas, NV
- Crosby Estates (Starwood), Rancho Santa Fe, CA
- Eaglepoint (Sky Development), Salt Lake City, UT
- Fairway View – Summerlin (Del Webb), Las Vegas, NV
- Oak Creek (The Irvine Co.), Irvine, CA
- Pinnacle Hills (Lennar), Phoenix, AZ
- The Strand, Dana Point, CA
- Sun City (Del Webb), Palm Desert, CA
- 88 Master Association, San Jose, CA
- 350 West Ash, San Diego, CA
- Acqua Vista (Watt / K Hovnanian), San Diego, CA
- Alicante (Intergulf), San Diego, CA
- Aperture (CityMark), San Diego, CA
- Cortez Blu (K Hovnanian), San Diego, CA
- El Cortez (Janopaul Block), San Diego, CA
- Grande North (Bosa Development), San Diego CA
- Hayden Ferry Lakeside, Tempe, Arizona
- Landmark (Crown/Carlyle), Phoenix, AZ
- LaVita (Intergulf), San Diego, CA
- Parkloft (Douglas Wilson Co.), San Diego, CA
- Treo (Intergulf), San Diego, CA
- The Mark (Douglas Wilson Co.), San Diego, CA
- 35 Dolores, San Francisco, CA
- 464 Prospect (McKellar Development), La Jolla, CA
- Aloft at Cortez Hill (Oliver McMillan), San Diego, CA
- Atria (Morgan Group), San Diego, CA
- City Walk (The Olson Co.), San Diego, CA
- DECA (Resmark), San Diego, CA
- Fahrenheit (CityMark) San Diego, CA
- La Boheme (Western Pacific), San Diego, CA
- Laurel Bay (Simpson/Hammer), San Diego, CA
- Library Court, Los Angeles, CA
- Luna di Lusso at Lake Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
- M2i (CityMark), San Diego, CA
- Montefaro (Centex), La Jolla, CA
- Park Boulevard East & West (DRHorton), San Diego, CA
- Porto Siena (Intracorp), San Diego, CA
- Seahaus (Barratt-American), San Diego, CA
- St Baristo, Palm Springs, CA
- The Lido (Concordia), San Diego, CA
- Trellis (Intracorp), San Diego, CA
- Union Square (Western Pacific), San Diego, CA
- Latitude 33, Marina del Rey, CA (Cal-Atlantic)
- Highlands Village, San Diego, CA (Pardee)
- Ball Park Village (Greystar)
- Irvine Company Apartment Communities
- Little Italy Mixed-Use Project (Fenton)
- Sunroad Centrum, San Diego, CA
- Alpine Unified School District: Joan MacQueen Middle School, Alpine, CA
- Beaumont Unified School District, Beaumont CA
- Biogas Treatment (BUDG) Facility, San Diego, CA
- California Dept. of Transportation
- City of Brawley
- City of Carlsbad Joint First Responders Training Facility (Carlsbad, CA)
- City of Chicago (Chicago One Fiber Initiative Project)
- City of Coronado: Aquatics Center
- City of El Cajon: El Cajon City Center Project (El Cajon, CA)
- City of Imperial
- City of Imperial Beach
- City of Menefee (Bradley Fire Station)
- City of National City: National City Aquatic Center
- City of North Salt Lake
- City of Oceanside
- City of Poway (Espola Road Safety Improvement Project)
- City of Riverside
- City of San Diego: Carmel Mountain Ranch Roadway, Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge, San Diego Public Library – Central Library Project and 101 W. Ash/City Hall Project
- Escondido Union School District
- Banning Unified School District
- County of Imperial
- County of San Diego
- Grossmont Union High School District
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Mountain Home AFB Housing, Mountain Home, Idaho
- Palomar Community College District
- Palomar Energy Center/San Diego Gas & Electric
- San Diego Community College District
- San Diego Unified Port District
- San Diego Unified School District – Proposition MM Bond Construction
- San Vicente Dam Project: San Diego County Water Authority
- SANDAG: Trolley Station Upgrades, San Diego, CA
- San Diego State University
- South Orange County Community College District (Saddleback Sports Complex)
- Southwestern Community College District
- Sweetwater Union High School District, San Diego, CA
- University of California Berkeley
- University of California San Diego
- University of California Riverside
- United States Navy: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA and Pacific Beacon BEQ Home Ashore Towers, 32nd Street Naval Base, San Diego, CA
- Bishop’s School, La Jolla, CA
- Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Salt Lake City, UT
- Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA
- San Diego Revitalization / Price Charities
- San Diego Zoo/Zoological Society of San Diego
- Sharp Hospital of San Diego (Kearny Mesa & Grossmont)
- Thomas Jefferson Law School, San Diego, CA
- University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry, San Francisco
- GEICO Regional Call Center, Poway, CA
- Novartis, San Diego, CA
- RAND Corp., Santa Monica, CA
- Sonos Headquarters, Santa Barbara, CA
- Canyon Lakes Master Planned Community Road Restoration Project (42 miles)
- City of San Diego/Carmel Valley Road Project
- South Bay Tollroad, San Diego, CA
- Big Horn, Palm Desert, CA (Example: Orin Smith, former President and CEO of Starbucks)
- Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, CA (Example: Lee Rocker, aka Leon Drucker, of The Stray Cats)
- La Jolla, CA (Example: Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Livermore, CA (Example: Saritch Residence)
- Los Angeles, CA (Example: Tyler Perry, Producer/ Director/Actor, Laurene Powell Jobs)
- Malibu, CA (Example: Dick Clark Estate)
- Pelican Hill, Newport Beach, CA
- Rancho Santa Fe, CA
- Allure, Las Vegas, NV
- Arroyo Grande Inn, Pismo Beach CA
- Aviara, Carlsbad, CA
- Carmel Valley Residence Inn, San Diego, CA
- Montage Beverly Hills, CA
- Pendry, San Diego CA
- Platinum Hotel & Spa, Las Vegas, NV
- Se Hotel, San Diego, CA
- Terranea Resort, Palos Verdes, CA
- Viejas Casino, San Diego, CA
- Westgate Hotel, San Diego, CA
- Fish Market, San Diego, CA
- Tilted Kilt, San Diego, CA
- Barley Mash, San Diego, CA
- Karl Strauss Brewing, Carlsbad, CA
- Pacific Beach AleHouse, San Diego, CA
- El Camino Christian Fellowship, Encinitas. CA
- Skyline Church, La Mesa, CA
- Temple Solel, Cardiff by the Sea, CA
- Grossmont Hospital, San Diego
- Sharp Hospital, San Diego
- Mercy Medical Center Merced, CA
- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, CA
- Mossy Toyota, Pacific Beach, CA
- Stephen Wade Mazda, St. George, Utah
- Approximately $100,000,000 in soils-related case settlements
- Approximately $30,000,000 in professional office building CD settlements
- Approximately $20,000,000 in industrial / distribution / warehouse CD settlements
- Approximately $7,500,000 in mobile home park settlements
- Approximately $25,000,000 in condo conversion settlements
Representative List of Parties
- Beazer Homes USA
- Brookfield Residential
- CalAtlantic
- Corky McMillan Companies
- Davidson Communities
- D.R. Horton
- K. Hovnanian Homes
- Intergulf
- Intracorp
- Intrawest
- KB Home
- Lennar Corp
- McKeller Development Group
- Meritage Homes
- Oliver McMillan
- Pardee Homes / Weyerhaeuser
- PLC Land Co.
- Pulte Group (including Centex Homes and Del Webb)
- Richmond Homes
- Shea Homes
- Taylor Morrison
- The Olson Company
- Toll Brothers
- Trans West Housing
- TriPointe Homes
- US Home Corp
- Van Daele
- William Lyon Homes
- Woodside Homes
- Del Webb
- Lennar Corp.
- Lowe Enterprises
- Newland Communities
- Starwood Capital Group
- Sunrise Desert Partners
- The Irvine Company
- Arthur Ortiz
- Bovis Lend Lease Inc.
- BuildGroup
- DPR Construction
- Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc.
- Erickson-Hall Construction Co.
- Flatiron
- Gilbane Building Co.
- Hensel Phelps
- Highland Partnership Inc.
- JF Shea Co.
- JR Filanc Construction Co.
- Kitchell Corp.
- KPRS Construction Services
- Ledcor Group
- Lusardi Construction
- McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
- Morley
- Obayashi Corporation
- Perini Corporation
- PCL Construction Services, Inc.
- Roel Construction Co.
- Rudolf & Sletten
- Sahara Construction Inc.
- Sundt Construction
- Swinerton
- TC Construction
- The Weitz Co.
- Turner
- W.E. O’Neil Construction Co.
- Webcor
- Watkins/Landmark
- White Construction Co.
* In addition to construction defect cases, Mr. Roberts also regularly mediates other construction-related disputes, including:
- mechanics liens/stop notices,
- retention/delay claims,
- terminations for cause or convenience, and
- surety/performance bond claims.
Representative Sampling of Recent General Liability Mediations / Settlements
- Largest wrongful death construction accident case in Nevada history ($15,000,000)
- Wrongful death case involving teenager in private care facility for substance abuse ($4,000,000)
- Product class action involving 150,000 homeowners in Nevada ($47,000,000)
- DeAnza Cove / City of San Diego insurance coverage litigation
- Landlord-tenant class action involving major REIT and 3,000 tenants
- Partnership Dissolutions and Fiduciary Duty Claims by professional corporations and business entities (settlements collectively over $25,000,000)
- Wrongful Termination Claims including employees and minority shareholders (settlements collectively over $10,000,000)
- Professional Malpractice ($40,000,000 settlement involving alleged mishandling of development of master-planned community)
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Legal Malpractice Claim (involving beneficiary and lawyers for trust allegedly mishandling a multi-state family-owned real estate holding company)
- Real Estate Broker/Seller Disclosures cases ($5,000,000)
- Settlement of a Product/Design Defect Claim including Business Interruption loss involving large turbines in a wind tunnel facility ($4,000,000)
- MTS-Intermodal Border Transportation Center (Real Estate Dispute-retained and settled post-trial)
- Settlement of a Contractual Dispute between a Bio-Diesel Manufacturer and its Main Supplier leading to a new, multi-year contract renewal and the end of litigation between them.
- Settlement of a Catastrophic Injury Claim involving a product design claim by a worker operating a machine used in manufacturing (total permanent disability and long-term medical treatment). Multi-million dollar settlement was partially structured for the benefit of the plaintiff.
- Wrongful death claim that involved bicyclist and disputed allegation of failure to repair public street ($3,500,000)
- Numerous environmental law cases, including:
- Federal Water Pollution Control Act / California Water Quality Control Act cases involving issues such as:
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- SWD’s
- NSWD’s
- California Toxics Rule
- SWPPP
- Industrial General Permits
- NPDES Permits
- DETX & RWQCD investigation and development of remediation plan
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- Multiple settlements in mold and air quality cases totaling over $20,000,000
Representative Insurers / TPA's
- AIG
- Allied World
- Allstate
- AmTrust North America
- Arch
- Argos Group
- Axis
- Catalina Holdings
- Chubb/Ace
- CNA
- Crum & Forster/First Mercury
- Everest
- Fairfax (American Safety/Riverstone)
- Farmers Ins. Group
- Federated
- Fireman’s Fund/
- San Francisco ReInsurance
- Great American Insurance Group
- Hartford
- Ironshore
- Liberty Mutual
- Lloyds
- Markel
- Nationwide/Scottsdale
- Navigators
- One Beacon
- Philadelphia Insurance/ Tokio Marine Group
- QBE
- RLI
- RSUI/Landmark
- State Farm
- Swiss Re Group
- Travelers
- W.R. Berkley (Gemini, Admiral, Vela)
- Zurich/Steadfast
- Beazley
- Hiscox
- Hudson
- Lloyds
- XL Insurance/Catlin Insurance
- Zurich
- Fidelity National Title Group
- Lawyers Title
- Catlin
- Carl Warren
- Crawford
- CRMI
- Empirical
- Gallagher Bassett
- George Hills
- Midlands
- NARS
- Nova Pro
- REM
- TRISTAR
- York