State Supreme Court reinstates Safeco Field lawsuit
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington state Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit over faulty construction work done at the home of the Seattle Mariners, Safeco Field.
The Mariners and the state Public Facilities District, which owns the ballpark, sued the general contractor who built Safeco after the team noticed in 2005 that a fireproof coating on structural beams was blistering. The team claims that a subcontractor used the wrong primer on the beams, and so the fireproof coating was incompatible.
The repairs cost several million dollars. A lower court judge dismissed the claims against the general contractor - Huber, Hunt & Nichols-Kiewit Construction Co. - as well as the general contractor's claims against the subcontractors involved. The judge said the blistering happened too long after Safeco's completion in 1999 for the contractors to be held liable.
The high court unanimously disagreed, citing the language of the contract.
The Mariners and the state Public Facilities District, which owns the ballpark, sued the general contractor who built Safeco after the team noticed in 2005 that a fireproof coating on structural beams was blistering. The team claims that a subcontractor used the wrong primer on the beams, and so the fireproof coating was incompatible.
The repairs cost several million dollars. A lower court judge dismissed the claims against the general contractor - Huber, Hunt & Nichols-Kiewit Construction Co. - as well as the general contractor's claims against the subcontractors involved. The judge said the blistering happened too long after Safeco's completion in 1999 for the contractors to be held liable.
The high court unanimously disagreed, citing the language of the contract.
"OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington state Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit over faulty construction work done at the home of the Seattle Mariners, Safeco Field."
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I thought the statute of limitations was over for Bill Bevasi.
Oh, Kewitt's involved! No wonder! I'm not sure I wanna know what else they built!
Follow the Money!
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Kiewit is also also responsible for the Port Mann bridge problems in Vancouver B.C.
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http://www.komonews.com/news/local/520-bridge-contractor-blamed-for-BC-bridge-mishap-184501621.html
 @codetalker Wonder who's pockets they've been lining in order to keep getting all these contracts despite shoddy work.
Hmm same contractor that is building the new 520 Pontoons. History of shody work maybe?
Hrm, something tells me that some of those justices are King County residents and they realized they were personally screwed by those contractors...
Anyone find it funny that the front page pic is of the Clink and not SafeCo?
 @kwijybo I noticed that too, had to do a double take
 @KeithB  @kwijybo There's no 'spellcheck' button to click to catch such errors. It requires intelligence, observation skills and a tiny part of knowledge of the city on which you are reporting.
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I don't find it funny. I find it sad and a little scary.