Engineering Contractor v. City

The firm represented an engineering contractor in a lawsuit to recover delay and disruption costs for building a replacement bridge.  The municipality counter sued for $25 million claiming the bridge was defective and had to be replaced.  The lawsuit scope grew to include several design professionals implicated by differing site conditions, design issues, and permits related to in and out of water work.  After substantial written and oral discovery, followed by mediation, and shortly before a jury trial, the case settled for payment to the firm’s client of 95 percent of its demand.  The firm also successfully transferred defense costs related to the counterclaim to insurers of the project risks, substantially reducing its client’s litigation spend.