File #: 090501    Version: 1 Name: Settlement of Lawsuits - Transdyn/Cresci Joint Venture totaling $5,923,143.27
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 5/12/2009 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 5/12/2009 Final action: 7/3/2009
Enactment date: Enactment #: 109-09
Title: Ordinance authorizing settlement of lawsuits filed by Transdyn/Cresci Joint Venture ("Joint Venture") against the City and County of San Francisco (the "City") seeking an unspecified amount of damages; the first lawsuit was filed by JMB Construction, Inc. against the Joint Venture on May 28, 2003, as JMB Construction, Inc. v. Transdyn/Cresci Joint Venture et al. Various cross-actions were filed, including an action filed by the Joint Venture against the City. The actions were coordinated as the SCADA cases in Alameda County Superior Court, JCCP 004364. The action between the Joint Venture and the City went to trial. The jury awarded a net judgment to the Joint Venture, and the trial court entered judgment (including costs) against the City in the amount of $4,874,200.16. Cross-appeals were filed by both the Joint Venture and the City. The material terms of this settlement are: 1) The City will pay a total of $4,973,143.27 to the Joint Venture for the judgment and interest on the judgment; and 2) The City will pay $950,000 to settle all remaining issues, including the Joint Venture's claim for attorney's fees.
Attachments: 1. Leg_Ver1, 2. Leg_Final
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