Representative Case Summaries By Practice Areas:



Representative Case Summaries By Attorney:

 | Albert v. Thrifty/Newman, et al.
Defense of Christmas light retailer in a case involving the death and severe personal injury to two individuals and extensive property damage in an apartment fire in Bellingham, Washington. The case involved complex issues of fire causes, origin and spread, and building and elevator code compliance, a legitimate challenge to the public duty doctrine, and technology of foreign manufactured products.

Bellevue Pacific v. Pacific Construction, et al.
Defense of exterior cladding, interior framing and drywall subcontractor for claims arising out of building defects to a 200-unit condominium complex in Bellevue, Washington.

Blueberry Village v. Northward, et al. Village Gate v. Northward, et al. Plum Grove v. Northward, et al. Bayview v. Northward, et al.
Representation of mechanical contractor involved in significant exposures based on installation of defective hydronic heating products across hundreds of units. Our successful role in the case was the demonstrated proof of the defects in the manufacture and storage of the Canadian tubing product. This required active pursuit of discovery through two Canadian provinces and to North American headquarters and multiple layers of technical and business management witnesses.

Meadow Valley Condominium Owners Association v. Meadow Valley, LLC et al. v. Hebert Construction, Inc. v. Roger Newell, AIA and "Jane Doe" Newell, et al.
Defense of general contractor in case involving 78-unit condominium in Auburn, Washington including thorough assembly of diminution of value defense.

Mountain Cold Storage v. Dwyer Electric, et al.
Defense of electrical subcontractor (a target defendant) in an intensely litigated $30 million complete fire loss in Tacoma, Washington with thirteen defendants and fifty-five plaintiffs. Complex discovery involved mastery of electrical wire quality, fire cause, origin, detection and suppression, commercial leasing and financing and cold storage operation issues.

Seattle Heights v. Pacific Construction, et al.
Defense of exterior cladding, interior framing and drywall subcontractor on a $40 million claim brought by the homeowners association of a 240-unit building. We represented a target defendant in the earliest significant construction defect claim in the region. It still remains as the largest, most complex case of its kind. Discovery included the cross-examination of national experts as well as senior technical management from Dryvit.

Simplot v. W.R. Grace, et al.
Defense of one of multiple defendants in a $9 million food processing plant fire in Snohomish, Washington. The case focused on significant technical issues in food processing and manufacturing, building codes, polyurethane foam, and fire spread. This case resolved with a nuisance value settlement after moderate deposition work.

Spinnaker Pointe v. Polygon v. NCH, et al. Sammamish v. Polygon v. NCH, et al. Fairfield Green v. Polygon v. NCH, et al. Harbor Reach v. Polygon v. NCH, et al. Marina Point v. Polygon v. NCH, et al.
Ongoing defense of a company involved in the manufacturing of a plumbing clamp allegedly implicated in alleged incompatibility with CPVC plumbing systems across multiple projects involving nearly one thousand units.

Trident v. Universal, et al.
Defense of target defendant in the origin of a fire that destroyed a fish processing plant in Akutan, Alaska. The multi-party $12 million case resulted in a variety of creative "Mary Carter" settlements after extensively developed technical issues in structural engineering, fire origin and spread, light fixture and ballast analysis, and metal building manufacture. Mr. Jager worked thoroughly with State officials and local and ethnic communities to serve compelling origin evidence. This case involved over 150 depositions, multiple plant tours and the retention and cross-examination of multiple nationally renowned experts.

Uniflite v. Koppers, et al.
Primary defense for and maintenance of product liability claims from hundreds of owners, and multi-state manufacturer of pleasure craft claiming surface and structural defects attributable to raw materials used in construction process of high end yachts. Litigation mastery of complex issues of chemistry, fiberglass technology, national pleasure craft marketing and sales were necessary in the defense of this case. After 110 depositions, a creative 64-page settlement agreement was worked out that compromised the plaintiff manufacturer claim and created a format of resolution of future claims brought by affected boat owners for the next eight years.

Zurich NA v. Corev America, Inc.
Defense of large manufacturer and supplier of EIFS in case brought by an insurance company who had previously settled the claims brought by a plaintiff Owners Association. Extensive discovery conducted regarding the basis for plaintiff's claims even though they were not a party to this lawsuit as well as into the settlement reached by the general contractor's insurer.

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