Partner Matt Constantino and Senior Trial Attorney Jesmin Alam successfully defended their client, a general contractor, and beat their client's 998 Offer following a 5-day bench trial in Alameda County. The case involved alleged construction defects related to work performed by their client on Plaintiff's residence in Oakland. Prior to trial, our client submitted a 998 Offer to Plaintiff in the amount of $201,265. Plaintiff sought $1,584,483 at trial, which included repair costs as well as various past and future economic losses. The day after the parties submitted separate proposed Statements of Decision, the Court adopted and entered our proposed Statement of Decision in its entirety and awarded Plaintiff only $35,987.60. As such, we beat our 998 Offer, entitling our client to post-998 Offer costs.