Ratcliff Architects v. Vanir Construction Management, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAMBDEN, J.
The trial court sustained demurrers by Vanir Construction Management, Inc. (Vanir) and Don Todd Associates, Inc. (Todd) without leave to amend against the cross-complaint filed by The Ratcliff Architects (Ratcliff). The court found that Ratcliff did not have legal standing to sue, and we agree.
Background
In March 1994, the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) retained Ratcliff to provide architectural services for the rebuilding of BUSD’s Columbus Elementary School project (school project). In a contract signed in August 1995 (contract), BUSD retained Vanir and Todd to be…
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