Miranda v. Bomel Construction Co.

Opinion

O’LEARY, J.

Rudy Miranda worked as a locksmith at a university campus in Fullerton. His office was located next to a vacant lot, used in 2005 for stockpiling excess dirt from a large construction project. Miranda contracted the infectious fungal disease coccidioidomycosis, commonly called “Valley Fever.” He sued general contractor, Bomel Construction Co., Inc. (Bomel), and subcontractor, J/K Excavation & Grading Co., Inc. (J/K). Miranda’s general negligence complaint alleged Bomel and J/K “negligently, carelessly and unlawfully allowed the'excavated dirt to be in a dangerous, defective,…