Judge’s Rejection Of General Contractor’s Settlement And Release Defense Affirmed

(June 25, 2020, 7:07 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals panel on June 4 upheld a trial court judge’s rejection of a general contractor’s settlement and release defense in a suit over a remodeling project that involved the faulty installation of window and doors that later leaked, finding that a couple sufficiently proved during a trial that damages they sustained were the result of work performed by the general contractor and not barred by settlement agreements the plaintiffs entered into with three subcontractors (Philip Stolp, et al. v. Murphy-True Inc., et al., Nos. A153637, A154770, A155426, Calif. App., 1st Dist., 1st Div., 2020 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 3495)....