Regulatory Taking Claim
Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office retained Campos & Stratis to analyze a regulatory taking claim brought by a real estate developer against the county.  Snohomish County Land Use Division denied the developer’s plat application due to failure to meet certain conditions required by the county.  The developer contested the conditions and successfully sued the county to have the conditions removed. After the subdivision's completion six years later, the landowner sued the county for temporarily taking its development rights.  Campos & Stratis established that the developer mitigated its damages by pursuing other mutually exclusive projects.  Moreover, damages claimed had duplicative elements.  Scott Hampton assisted Snohomish County at mediation.

Audit of Renovation Costs
Bellevue School District retained Campos & Stratis to perform a cost audit of a $3.5 million school renovation project. The project resulted in 160 change order requests. Campos & Stratis negotiated directly with the contractors on behalf of the school district. Negotiations centered on labor burden and shop facility charges. Campos & Stratis eliminated duplication of shop overhead, small tools from the change orders, and briefed the School Board on the status of the claims.

Review of Accounting Procedures
High Country Estates and the law firm of Parry, Anderson & Gardiner retained Campos & Stratis to analyze accounting procedures of certain road maintenance costs by common interest realty associations.  Campos & Stratis testified in Utah State Court regarding the capitalization of costs associated with repaving residential streets commonly owned by the association.

Salt Lake City Airport v. Contraves Construction
Salt Lake City Airport Authority and the law firm of Richards, Brandt, Miller & Neilson retained Campos & Stratis to evaluate construction cost claims related to the construction of a pyrotechnic airplane training station.  Campos & Stratis reviewed claims brought by the general contractor and its subcontractors arising from allegedly flawed designs and differing site conditions.

Atlas Steel v. Herm Hughes
Atlas Steel, Inc. and the law firm of Callister Nebeker & McCullough retained Campos & Stratis to calculate lost profit damages arising from design and construction flaws of a multi-million dollar steel shredder.  Campos & Stratis performed an analysis of the scrap steel industry and impacts caused by the failure of the shredding system.  Campos & Stratis’ analysis considered price and availability of scrap steel, throughput, and inventory levels.  Campos & Stratis provided deposition testimony.

Romney Lumber v. Salt Lake City
Romney Lumber Company and the law firm of Parry Anderson & Gardiner retained Campos & Stratis to provide an accounting of damages arising from changes to city zoning restrictions.  The city passed zoning laws that allowed Romney to develop only a portion of the building lots it had anticipated developing.  Campos & Stratis performed an economic analysis of lost profits from the city’s alleged unjust taking of Romney’s property development rights.

Terranet Investments v. Jensen Haslam, PC
Jensen Haslem, PC and the law firm of Richards Brandt Miller and Nelson retained Campos & Stratis to provide a rebuttal of damages allegedly sustained by Terranet Investments from a delayed construction project.  Campos & Stratis provided an expert report with analysis of direct and consequential damages, including a betterment windfall analysis.

DJ Investments v. SunCrest, LLC
SunCrest, LLC and the law firm of Bendinger, Crockett, Peterson & Casey, PC (now Howrey, LLP) retained Campos & Stratis to provide expert testimony regarding damages arising from an alleged breach of contract.  Campos & Stratis rebutted plaintiff’s expert opinions and damage calculations arising from the alleged breach of contract.  The alleged damages included road construction costs, finance charges, and lost profits on building lots.  Campos & Stratis provided an expert report rebutting the alleged damages and methodology.  Campos & Stratis provided deposition testimony.

Coates Construction & Engineering v. Hexcel Corporation
Coates Construction and the law firm of Young Hoffman Strassberg & Ensor retained Campos & Stratis to provide an expert opinion of the defendant’s liquidated damage calculation resulting from a construction delay. Campos & Stratis provided an expert report, deposition testimony, and testimony at arbitration.