On August 08, 2008 a
Complaint,Petition
was filed
involving a dispute between
Beacon Residential Community Association,
Catellus Commericial Development Corp.,
Catellus Development Corporation,
Catellus Operating Limited Partnership,
Catellus Residential Construction, Inc.,
Catellus Third And King Investors Llc,
Catellus Third And King Llc,
Catellus Urban Development Corporation,
Catellus Urban Development Group, Llc, A Delaware,
Centurion Real Estate Investors Iv,Llc,
Centurion Real Estate Partners, Llc,
Mission Place Llc,
Mission Place Mezzanine Llc,
Mission Place Mezz Holdings Llc,
Mission Place Partners Llc,
Prologis,
Shooter & Butts, Inc.,
Third And King Investors Llc,
Third And King Investors, Llc, A Delaware Limited,
Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corporation (Erroneously,
Webcor Builders,Inc,
Webcor Construction Inc.,
Webcor Construction, Inc Dba Webcor Builders,
Window Solutions, Inc.,
and
All Defendants See Scanned Documents,
Allied Fire Protection,
Anning-Johnson Company,
Architectural Glass & Aluminum Co., Inc,
Blue'S Roofing Company,
Carefree Toland Pools, Inc.,
Catellus Commerical Development Corporation,
Catellus Commericial Development Corp.,
Catellus Development Corporation,
Catellus Operating Limited Partnership,
Catellus Residential Construction, Inc.,
Catellus Third And King Investors Llc,
Catellus Third And King Llc,
Catellus Urban Development Corporation,
Catellus Urban Development Group, Llc, A Delaware,
Catellus Urban Development, Llc,
Centurion Partners, Llc,
Centurion Real Estate Investors Iv,Llc,
Centurion Real Estate Partners, Llc,
Creative Masonry, Inc,
Critchfield Mechanical, Inc.,
Cupertino Electric,Inc.,
Does 1 Through 200,
Does 52-200, Inclusive,
F. Rodgers Corporation,
F. Rodgers Corporation (Fka F. Rodgers Insulation,
F. Rodgers Insulation Residential, Inc.,
Hks Architects, Inc,
Hks, Inc,
Hks, Inc Individually And Dba Hks Architects, Inc,
J.W. Mcclenahan Co.,
Mission Place Llc,
Mission Place Mezzanine Llc,
Mission Place Mezz Holdings Llc,
Mission Place Partners Llc,
N.V. Heathorn, Inc.,
Poma Corporation,
Prologis,
Roofing Constructors, Inc. Dba Western,
Shooter & Butts, Inc.,
Skidmore Owings & Merrill Llp,
Skimore Owings & Merrill Llp,
Third And King Investors Llc,
Thyssen Krupp Elevator Corporation,
Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corporation (Erroneously,
Thyssenkrupp Elevators Corporation,
Tractel Inc.,
Van-Mulder Sheet Metal, Inc.,
Webcor Builders,Inc,
Webcor Construction Inc.,
Webcor Construction, Inc,
Webcor Construction, Inc Dba Webcor Builders,
Webcor Construction Inc.,Individually And Doing,
Webcor Construction Lp Individually And Dba Webcor,
Webcor Construction Partners Llc,
West Coast Protective Coatings, Inc.,
Western Roofing Service,
Window Solutions, Dba Window Solutions, Inc.,
Window Solutions, Inc.,
for CONSTRUCTION
in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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JAMES PATRICK CASTLES (SBN 70414)
RICHARD C. YOUNG (SBN 215407) ELECTRONICALLY
ROBLES, CASTLES & MEREDITH LLP FILED
492 Ninth Street, Suite 200 Superior Court of California,
Oakland, CA 94607 County of San Francisco
Telephone: 415.743-9300
Facsimile: 415.743-9305 SEP 03 2014
Clerk of the Court
BY: WILLIAM TRUPEK
Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant Deputy Clerk
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
BEACON RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY] CASE NO. CGC-08-478453
ASSOCIATION,
. SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP’S
Plaintiff, AMENDED NOTICE OF RENEWED MOTION
vs AND RENEWED MOTION TO STRIKE
* PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFF’S THIRD
CATELLUS THIRD AND KING LLC, et al. | AMENDED COMPLAINT
Defendants. DATE: September 30, 2014
TIME; 9:00 a.m.
JUDGE: Hon. Curtis E.A. Karnow
AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS DEPT: 304
TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Renewed Motion To Strike Portions of Plaintiff's Third
Amended Complaint (hereinafter “Renewed Motion to Strike”) by defendant SKIDMORE, OWINGS
& MERRILL LLP (hereinafter “SOM”), PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR September 19, 2014,
will be heard on September 30, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 304 of the above entitled Court,
located at 400 McAllister Street, in San Francisco, California.
SOM will and hereby does move to strike all portions of Plaintiff's Third Amended Complaint
(“TAC”) that seek damages against SOM concerning excessive heat gain, inadequate ventilation, and
lack of compliance with California Code of regulations, Title 24, as found in the First, Second and
Fifth Causes of Action. Because it seems impossible to achieve this result by simply striking specific
lines of the TAC, SOM requests that plaintiff be ordered to amend its pleadings to remove any such
claims for damage with respect to SOM. SOM requests that the following language be stricken as to
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Paragraph 18, subparagraphs (a), (b), and (f).
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Paragraph 22.
“and other experts in the subjects of solar gain, ventilation, climate control, and
related disciplines” found on page 14, lines 18-19.
“in performing computer modeling of the solar heat gain issues” found on page
14, line 24.
“whether the solar heat gain issues and” found on page 15, lines 2-3.
“the heat gain issues” found on page 15, line 5.
Paragraph 49, subparagraph B.
Paragraph 49, subparagraph C.
“exterior wall ventilation system” found on page 34, line 14.
“(3) Defective design, materials, construction and installation of window systems
including, without limitation, windows, window flashing systems, manufactured
window units, integration of windows and window systems to buildings and
related building components;” page 34, lines 15-18.
“(12) Defective design, materials, construction and installation of ventilation
louvers, screens, vents, flashing and related building components” found on page
35, lines 8 - 10.
“(32) Defective design, materials, construction and installation of living space air
conditioning in a manner inconsistent with the efficient design criteria specified
in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations.” found on page 37, lines 2-5,
“and that said Defendants made Title 24 submittals and” found on page 43, lines
14-15.
“air temperature controls” found on page 45, line 26,
“and energy conservation calculations” found on page 45, line 26-27.
“As a representative example only. and not as a list of all the defective designs or
details, Plaintiff is informed and believes and thereon alleges, that Defendants
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“SOM/HKS” reviewed and approved the course of action where the
specifications for the exterior windows, contrary to the approved Title 24
submittal for the Subject Property, were changed to a design that inadequately
prevented heat gain, which causes a seriously defective and nonfunctional
condition that is also unhealthy. Similarly, as a representative example only, and
not as a list of all the defective designs or details, Plaintiff is informed and
believes and thereon alleges, that Defendants “SOM/HKS” recommended that the
number of Z ducts be reduce by a significant quantity, which is a major factor in
the nonfunctional, unhealthy condition on the interiors of the unit.” found on
page 46, line 22 ~ page 47, line 3.
Page 2, paragraphs 11-14 of Exhibit A.
Page 2, paragraphs 11-14 of Exhibit B.
Page 1, paragraph 2 of Exhibit C.
Page 1, paragraph 2 of Exhibit D.
Anything relevant in Exhibits E and F to the extent they exist. The Third
Amended Complaint filed with the court lacks Exhibits E and F, so it is
impossible for SOM to identify any offending language.
This Renewed Motion to Strike is based on the grounds that the court may “upon a motion ... or
at any time in its discretion, ... [s|trike out any irrelevant, false, or improper matter inserted in any
pleading” (CCP § 436(a)) and that the TAC includes such matters as defined in CCP § 431.10. This
Motion to Strike will be made and based upon the instant notice, the memorandum of points and
authorities, all matters of which judicial notice may be or is taken by the Court, and such further oral or
documentary evidence, argument and briefing as the Court may accept.
DATED: September 3, 2014 ROBLES, CASTLES & MEREDITH LLP
Retard Mosag.
RICHARD C. YOUNG
Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-defendant
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP
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PROOF OF SERVICE
Tam a resident of the State of California, over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to the
within action. My business address is Robles, Castles & Meredith LLP, 492 Ninth St., Suite 200,
Oakland, CA, 94607. On September 3, 2014, I served the following documents:
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP’S AMENDED NOTICE OF RENEWED MOTION
AND RENEWED MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFF’S THIRD AMENDED
COMPLAINT
service list.
By transmitting on this date before 5:00 p.m. via File and Serve Xpress the
document(s) listed above to all parties/attorneys listed on the File and Serve Xpress
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true
and correct and that this declaration is executed on September 3, 2014 at Oakland , California.
Retard ousg.
Richard C. Young
SERVICE LIST
Ann Rankin, Esq. Kenneth Katzoff
Terry Wilkens, Esq. Sung E Shim, Esq.
LAW OFFICES OF ANN RANKIN KATZOFF & RIGGS
3911 Harrison St 1500 Park Ave #300
Oakland, CA 94611-4536
Phone Number (510) 653-8886
Fax Number (510) 653-8889
arankin@annrankin.com
twilkens @annrankin.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff BEACON
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone Number (510) 597-1990
Fax Number (510) 597-0295
kkatzoff@katzoffriggs.com
sshim @katzoftriggs.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff BEACON
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION
Charles A Hansen, Esq.
WENDEL, ROSEN, BLACK & DEAN
1111 Broadway, 24" Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-4036
(510) 834-6600/FAX (510) 834-1928
plaufenberg @wendel.com
GJung@wendel.com
Attorneys for Defendants MISSION PLACE
LLC; CENTURION REAL ESTATE
PARTNERS, LLC; MISSION PLACE MEZZ
HOLDINGS LLC, erroneously named as
MISSION PLACE HOLDINGS LLC;
MISSION PLACE MEZZANINE, LLC; and
MISSION PLACE PARTNERS, LLC.
Steven M. Cvitanovic, Esq.
HAIGHT, BROWN & BONESTEEL
71 Stevenson Street, 20th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2981
(415) 546-7500/FAX (415) 546-7505
scvitanovic @hbblaw.com
Co-Counsel for Defendants MISSION
PLACE LLC; CENTURION REAL ESTATE
PARTNERS, LLC; MISSION PLACE MEZZ
HOLDINGS LLC, erroneously named as
MISSION PLACE HOLDINGS LLC;
MISSION PLACE MEZZANINE, LLC; and
MISSION PLACE PARTNERS, LLC.
John A. Koeppel, Esq.
Devin C Courteau, Esq.
David S. Webster, Esq.
Mark J. D’ Argenio, Esq.
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Kathleen Strickland, Esq.
ROPERS, MAJESKL KOHN & BENTLEY
PC
50 Spear Street, Suite 850
San Francisco, CA 94105
Office: (415) 543-4800
Fax: (415) 972-6301
JKoeppel@rmkb.com
Attorneys for Defendants
PROLOGIS; THIRD AND KING
INVESTORS LLC; CATELLUS URBAN
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION;
CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, CATELLUS THIRD AND
KING INVESTORS LLC; CATELLUS
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION; CATELLUS
OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Stacey F Blank, Esq.
WOOD, SMITH, HENNING & BERMAN
LLP
1401 Willow Pass Road, Suite 700
Concord, CA 94520-7982
(925) 222-3400/FAX (925) 222-3250
dwebster@ wshblaw.com
mdargenio@ wshblaw.com
Attorneys for Defendants PROLOGIS;
THIRD AND KING INVESTORS LLC;
CATELLUS URBAN DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION; CATELLUS
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,
CATELLUS THIRD
AND KING INVESTORS LLC; CATELLUS
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION, CATELLUS
OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Sandy Kaplan, Esq.
Gregory Hanson, Esq.
GORDON & REES LLP
275 Battery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94111
Main Phone: (415) 986-5900
Fax: (415) 986-8054
SKaplan @ gordonrees.com
ghanson @ gordonrees.com
Attorneys for WEBCOR Builders, INC.;
WEBCOR CONSTRUCTION, INC.,
individually and dba WEBCOR BUILDERS;
WEBCOR CONSTRUCTION LP,
individually and dba WEBCOR BUILDERS
Steven H. Schwartz, Esq.
Noel Macaulay, Esq.
SCHWARTZ & JANZEN
12100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1125
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 979-4090/FAX (310) 207-3344
sschwartz @ sj-law.com
tmatteson @sj-law.com
nmacaulay @ sj-law.com
Attorneys for Defendants HKS, INC., HKS
ARCHITECTS, INC., HKS, INC.,
individually and doing business as HKS
ARCHITECTS, INC.
William H. Staples
ARCHER NORRIS
2033 North Main Street, Suite 800
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
main 925.930.6600
fax 925.930.6620
wstaples @archernorris.com
Attorneys for ANNING-JOHNSON
COMPANY
Kevin P. McCarthy, Esq.
Philip T Bazzano, Esq.
MCCARTHY & MCCARTHY, LLP
492 Ninth St, Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94607
Telephone: 510-839-8100
Facsimile: 510-839-8108
kmecarthy @ mecarthyllp.com
Attorneys for WINDOW SOLUTIONS
Samuel J Muir, Esq.
Erin R Dunkerly, Esq.
CCM45 South Pasadena
1100 El Centro Street
South Pasadena, CA 91030
T 626-243-1100
F 626-243-1111
smuir@ ccmslaw.com
edunkerly@ccmslaw.com
Attorneys for Attorneys for WEBCOR
Builders, INC.; WEBCOR
CONSTRUCTION, INC., individually and
dba WEBCOR BUILDERS; WEBCOR
Christian Lucia, Esq.
Brent F Basilico, Esq.
SELLAR HAZARD MANNING FICENEC
& LUCIA
1800 Sutter Street, Suite 460
Concord, CA 94520
clucia@ sellarlaw.com
dolivieri@sellarlaw.com
Tel (925) 938-1430
Fax (925) 256-7508
Attorneys for
ALLIED FIRE PROTECTION, BLUE'S
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CONSTRUCTION LP, individually and dba
WEBCOR BUILDERS
ROOFING COMPANY, CAREFREE
TOLAND POOLS, INC., CREATIVE
MASONRY, CRITCHFIELD
MECHANICAL, INC., CUPERTINO
ELECTRIC, F. RODGERS
CORPORATION, J.W. MCCLENAHAN
CO., N.V. HEATHORN, INC., VAN-
MULDER SHEET METAL, INC., WEST
COAST PROTECTIVE COATINGS, INC.,
and WESTERN ROOFING SERVICE
Randell J. Campbell, Esq.
LYNCH, GILARDI & GRUMMER
170 Columbus Avenue, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94133
Tel: (415) 397-2800
Fax: (415) 397-0937
rcampbell @leglaw.com
Attorneys for ARCHITECTURAL GLASS &
ALUMINIUM CO. INC
Steven E. McDonald, Esq.
James L. Shea, Esq.
BLEDSOE, CATHCART, DIESTEL,
PEDERSEN, & TREPPA LLP
601 California Street, 16th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 981-5411 F: (415) 981-0352
smedonald @ bledsoelaw.com;
vsoriano @bledsoelaw.com;
Vanessa: Assistant
Attorneys for SHOOTER & BUTTS, INC.
Mark Brueggemann, Esq.
Scott Cloud, Esq.
Clinton & Clinton
100 Oceangate, Suite 1400
Long Beach, CA 90802
Telephone: (662) 276-5000
Facsimile(562} 216-5001
mobrueggemann @clinton-clinton.com
scloud @clinton-clinton.com
Attorneys for Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp
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