California Court of Appeal November 5, 1982, Civ. 47862 (Allen v. Sundean)

Opinion

GRODIN, P. J.

This litigation arises out of property damage caused by a 1974 landslide in Santa Cruz. The. trial court, sitting by stipulation without a

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jury, found that Sundean, the original developer of the lots, was guilty of wilful misconduct in placing poor quality fill upon the hillside lots without proper compacting and engineering and of fraudulent concealment in failing to