William Howell, William Howell & Associates Architect v. Compton Unified School District
Published: Sep. 7, 1996 | Result Date: Jun. 11, 1996 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: BC113856 – $417,833
Judge
Court
L.A. Superior Central
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Experts
Plaintiff
James Scilott
(technical)
Defendant
Michelle Pettit
(technical)
Facts
The plaintiffs, William Howell and William Howell & Associates Architect (collectively referred to as "Howell"), had been the "architect of record" for Defendant Compton Unified School District since 1983. Howell was retained by written contract to provide architectural services for the modernization of 26 of defendant Compton Unified School District's schools. The projects were broken into two phases of 10 and 16 schools respectively. Howell prepared plans and specifications, obtained approvals from the Office of the State Architect on the 10-school project and was in the beginning stages of obtaining approvals for the 16-school project, when the defendants refused to make any further payments for services rendered. The plaintiffs brought this action against the defendant based on breach of contract and value of services rendered theories of recovery.
Settlement Discussions
The plaintiffs made a C.C.P. º998 settlement demand for $340,000. The defendant made no settlement offers.
Damages
The plaintiffs claimed they were owed $76,000 outstanding for work on the 10 schools and $106,012 on the 16 schools. They also sought damages as a result of the defendant's breach for the work that was prevented by the defendant in the sum of $1,024,617 on the 16 schools and $363,547 on the 10 schools.
Other Information
The verdict was reached approximately one year and eight months after the case was filed.
Deliberation
5 days
Poll
10-2
Length
2 weeks
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