Legal Opinion
Beacon Residential Community Ass'n v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
California Supreme Court
Decided July 3, 2014No. S208173PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LIU, J.
A homeowners association on behalf of its members sued a condominium developer and various other parties over construction design defects that allegedly make the homes unsafe and uninhabitable for significant portions of the year. Two defendants were architectural firms, which allegedly designed the homes in a negligent manner but did not make the final decisions regarding how the homes would be built. Applying our decision in Bily v. Arthur Young & Co. (1992) 3 Cal.4th 370 [11 Cal.Rptr.2d 51, 834 P.2d 745] (Bily) and relying on Weseloh Family Ltd. Partnership v. K.L. Wessel…
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