Geoffrey Spellberg

Overview

• City of Larkspur v. Jacobs Engineering Group, Marin Superior Court No. CV-061094. Obtained a multimillion dollar jury verdict on behalf of the City against Jacobs Engineering Group, an international engineering company, for fraudulent concealment of the company’s defective design work on a bridge retrofit project. Geoff successfully defended the appeal and ultimately recovered almost $10 million.
• City of Pinole, et al. v. Community Housing Assistance Partners, et al., Contra Costa Superior Court, No. C04-00979. Recovered over $7.1 million for construction design defects in a senior citizen housing project. The total settlement was obtained from the project’s contractors, design professionals and subcontractors.
• CD&C, Inc. v. Century Development Construction Co., Los Angeles Superior Court, No. BC328044. Recovered in excess of $2.6 million on a construction defect and design case arising from the contractor’s failure to adequately waterproof a pre-existing structure during construction, which resulted in extensive water infiltration and damage. Part of this recovery came from the surety on a claim against the performance bond.
• City of Milpitas v. Turner Construction Co., et al., Santa Clara Superior Court, No. 1-03-CV814946. Obtained a $4.5 million settlement the day before trial was to commence from an international construction management firm and architect whose deficient work resulted in extended delays and significant cost overruns on the construction of a new City Hall. In addition to recovering monies for delay and poor quality work, the settlement amount included a significant recovery component for fraud and false claims.
• GMMB Inc. v. Durazo et al., Los Angeles Superior Court No. BC 350690. Obtained a restraining order from the Court, which froze over $2.4 million in embezzled state educational funds. Geoff then successfully recovered all those public funds on behalf of his client.
• City of Stockton v. PG&E, San Joaquin Superior Court No. CV 031996. Recovered over $500,000 collectively from three public utilities who failed to cooperate during a public construction project, which resulted in the City incurring significant costs due to postponing the contractor’s work.