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Real Estate/Development

May 27, 2010

Searching For Cracks In Construction Law

Alan H. Packer, at a residential development in San Ramon, represents builders in construction defect cases.

By Jason W. Armstrong

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Seven years ago, California homebuilders won extra liability protection when tiles started slipping off roofs and cracks began snaking across stucco walls.

Senate Bill 800, known as the "Right to Repair Law," gave builders the chance to fix defects in their products before being sued if they complied with a lengthy list of pre-litigation filings and procedures.

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