August Construction v. Cerritos Redevelopment Agency
Filed 6/9/06 August Construction v. Cerritos Redevelopment Agency CA2/8
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION EIGHT
| AUGUST CONSTRUCTION, INC., Plaintiff, Cross-defendant and Respondent, v. CERRITOS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant; AGUST AGUSTSSON, Cross-defendant and Respondent. | B179130 & B181733 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. VC038662) |
APPEAL from the judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Chris R. Conway, Judge. Affirmed.
Brown, Winfield & Canzoneri, Scott H. Campbell, Christopher M. Pisano, A. Patricia Klemic, Mark W. Steres, and Andrew J. Sokolowski for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.
Raisin & Kavcioglu and Armenak Kavcioglu for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant Cerritos Redevelopment, and Cross-defendant and Respondent Agust Agustsson.
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August Construction, Inc., (August) filed an action for breach of contract against the Cerritos Redevelopment Agency (Cerritos), which cross-complained for violations of the False Claims Act and for fraud. The trial court, sitting without a jury, awarded August $320,807,[1] plus interest, attorney fees and costs, for a total $669,675, and found against Cerritos on its cross-complaint. Cerritos appeals, and we affirm.
FACTS
1. The Construction Project at Issue and the Parties
Cerritos sought to build a new underground parking structure for its civic center. Cerritos decided to handle the construction as a â€
