A class-action lawsuit against Shea Homes is moving forward even as the homebuilder offers individual cash settlements and home repairs to more than 900 Trilogy community homes at Redmond Ridge.
Plaintiffs in this lawsuit filed by Levy – von Beck and Hagens Berman allege that developer Shea Homes intentionally omitted nearly all industry-standard methods for building homes to withstand our wet weather. And, even after its first homes suffered from various forms of water intrusion due to the substandard construction, Shea refused to tell its customers of the problems and continued building new homes with the same defects.
Attorney Katie Comstock has been named by Super Lawyers as one of the 2014 Top Attorneys and Rising Stars in Construction Litigation. Ms. Comstock was also featured in the July 2014 issue of the Seattle Met Magazine. This is Ms. Comstock’s second year in a row being recognized as a Rising Star. This distinction is…
A Recent Court Decision Clarifies How to Proceed Until recently, subcontractors, materialmen, and their legal representatives have lacked guidance when faced with the following question: How do I bring suit to enforce my construction lien when the general contractor has already obtained a bond to remove that lien from the owner’s property? Because a Washington…
On December 4, 2013, U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez issued a 17-page order denying defendant Shea Homes, Inc.’s motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit filed against the builder, Blough v. Shea Homes, Inc., (U.S. Dist. Court, Western District of Washington, cause number 2:12-cv-01493-RSM.) Here is a link to Judge Martinez’s Order Denying Shea…
