Tulsa Municipal Airport Trust v. National Gypsum Co.

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

Within 17 months after its completion the huge four-acre roof of plaintiffs’ new aircraft hangar—a structure nearly half as big as Houston’s famed Astrodome—began to leak. Later, while this million-dollar lawsuit pended against various companies and individuals who had played some part in constructing the facility’s faulty overhead, plaintiffs say they successfully undertook to minimize their continuing losses through engaging the professional services of an attorney and a renowned roof expert. Their effort to recover fees charged by these two professionals as mitigation…