Legal Opinion
Belasco v. Wells
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 17, 2015No. B254525PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KRIEGLER, J.
Plaintiff David Belasco bought a newly constructed Manhattan Beach residence in 2004 from the builder, defendant Gary Loren Wells. In 2006, Belasco filed a complaint against Wells with the Contractors’ State License Board (the Board) regarding alleged construction defects. Belasco and Wells settled the dispute in 2006 by written agreement, with Wells paying $25,000 and Belasco executing a release and a Civil Code section 1542 1 waiver of all known or unknown claims. In 2012, Belasco filed this action against Wells, Wells’s surety American Contractors Indemnity Company…
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