Sole Remaining Defendant in Condo Mold/Defect Case Settles After Jury Returns Plaintiff Verdict

SAN DIEGO - Repairs are being scheduled for the mold- and construction defect-ridden Pacific Regent La Jolla Residential Condominium Tower now that the sole remaining defendant settled with the owners' association following a $674,520 jury verdict returned in favor of the plaintiffs. Pacific Regent La Jolla Residential Condominium Association v. Law Crandall, Inc., et al., No., 729491 (Calif. Super. Ct., San Diego Cty.).

Law Crandall, Inc., a national engineering firm that attempted to repair the water-logged building in 1995, was the last of 26 defendants to settle with the owners' association, and the only defendant to go to trial. The …