$14 Million for Construction Defects Is Reached By Huntington Beach Homeowners

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Huntington Beach, CA, June 28, 1999 - A third group of homeowners of The Seacliff on the Greens Homeowners Association in Huntington Beach received a multi-million dollar settlement as a result of a construction defect lawsuit against Orange County based builders Seacliff Partners Inc.  The settlement will be finalized June 28, 1999, at the Orange County Superior Court before Judge Philip Petty, just 17 months after the case was filed with the court.

The settlement for The Masters Series at Seacliff on the Greens Homeowners Association, represented by construction defect attorney, Thomas E. Miller, came after settlements for two other associations in the Seacliff master planned community.  These included The Club Series of Seacliff Homeowners Association, that received $6.2 million in March, 1997, and The Club Series South of Seacliff on the Greens Homeowners Association, which recovered $4.7 million in August, 1997.  All three associations were represented by Thomas E. Miller of Newport Beach.

"It is not uncommon for two or three sub-associations in a large community to sue the same builder for construction defects, even though they may be different types of homes, namely condos, town-homes or single-family homes," according to Thomas E. Miller, Esq.

The 104 homes in the Masters Series have been plagued by extreme winter weather, including last year's El Nino driven storms.  The association sustained severe roof and deck leaks and water intrusion through windows and sliding glass doors.  The Association claimed these problems were caused by construction defects due to architectural deficiencies and code violations.  The developer offered to settle the claims in December of 1997 for $1 million during the pre-litigation "Calderon" process.  The association rejected this offer and filed suit that same month.

According to President of the Board of Directors, Lewis Russakov, "The resolution of this case comes as great news to the whole community of Seacliff on the Greens.  As the final group of members in this long line of lawsuits, we are pleased that we were able to obtain the funds to restore our ideal community."

 "We were pleased to obtain the results for this last group of owners and contribute to the overall restoration of this beautiful golf community,"  according to the association's attorney, Thomas E. Miller.

 Since 1981, Thomas E. Miller has collected more than $300 million dollars in construction defect awards on behalf of California homeowners associations.

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