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Jury Awards $20.8M Construction Defect Verdict Against Dallas Homebuilder

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Larry Bodine
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The builder knew that the site had significant foundation defects and later promised to fix them. But he reneged and refused to repair the problems.

A Rockwall County, TX, jury awarded $20.8 million against a Dallas homebuilder for performing substandard work on a local family’s home and refusing to accept responsibility.

Dallas attorneys Van Shaw of the Law Offices of Van Shaw and Dan Hagood of Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl won the March 31 verdict favoring homeowners Bryon and Paige Hale in state district court. The verdict includes separate findings that Bishop Abbey Homes Ltd. and company owner Nathan Halsey engaged in deceptive trade p

ractices and were grossly negligent. Jurors also found that Halsey’s actions were “unconscionable.”

According to the lawsuit,

Jurors found that the defendants engaged in a “false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice” and were responsible for correcting the damage and the corresponding loss in home value.

The $20.8 million verdict includes damages for the cost of repairs, lost value and additional penalties based on Halsey’s actions and the defendants’ “grossly negligent” conduct, including violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The jury award includes attorneys’ fees for the Hales’ legal team.

“A finding of gross negligence is a very high bar to achieve in Texas courts, and it was the right verdict in this case,” says Shaw, the lead trial attorney. “Homeowners often are at a disadvantage when dealing with unscrupulous builders and contractors. We hope this verdict sends an important message that contracts and warranties cannot simply be ignored.”

In 2010, Shaw and Hagood obtained a $58 million construction defect verdict against Perry Homes. In September 2013, the two earned a $4 million wrongful death verdict against JPMorgan Chase.

 

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