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p0074 A contractor who completed a project before an earthquake and who was subsequently sued for defects in construction was not entitled to cross-complain against a second contractor who was hired to repair earthquake damage, but could assert as an affirmative defense or setoff that the second contractor caused part of the damage for which the first contractor was sued.CitationNEWHALL v McCARTHY (New Construction) 88 CA4 769 [See: CCP 428.10; Sandy v Superior Court 201 CA3 1277; GEM v Hallcraft 213 CA3 419; Woodward v Geotechnical 208 CA3 64]
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