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Suzanne Bruss obtains defense verdict following trial court's grant of partial summary judgment 

09/21/2009

Suzanne Bruss recently obtained a defense verdict for a local subcontractor at trial in Johnson County, Kansas. A local general contractor sued its subcontractor for negligence after an engineered retaining wall showed signs of movement. The general contractor sought approximately $225,000 in reconstruction costs, $500,000 in lost profits, and $50,000 in penalties it paid by the plaintiff to its real estate developer client for expenses incurred because of the delay in leasing the commercial space. Suzanne obtained partial summary judgment on half of the reconstruction costs and obtained pre-trial rulings precluding the plaintiff's claims for lost profits and for the $50,000 penalty. The jury awarded a defense verdict on the negligence claim and awarded the client nearly $25,000 which remained unpaid on the construction contract.