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Jun 21, 2006 2:48 pm US/Pacific
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Dodgers' Announcer Vin Scully Sues Home Contractor
LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―
Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully and his wife, Sandra, are suing a contractor, alleging their Thousand Oaks home was damaged because of shoddy work during construction of a second-story deck.
The civil action filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges breach of contract, negligence, fraud and negligent misrepresentation on the part of Kevin Persons Inc., which does business under the name of Grounds Maintenance Services.
The Scullys are seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
According to the suit, a businessman named Joe Kent approached the Scullys in August 2004 about installing a deck on the second story of their home, located near Lake Sherwood in Ventura County.
Kent told the couple that if they hired Persons, who he called his partner, he would oversee the project "and ensure that the work was done in a timely and competent fashion," according to the lawsuit.
The suit alleges a "variety of defects and deficiencies," including improper design, construction and installation of the deck, plus poor waterproofing and bad plastering.
Scully, 78, is in his 57th season announcing for the Dodgers.
He was inducted into the broadcaster's wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.
In July 2000, he was elected the best sportscaster of the 20th century by more than 500 members of the American Sportscasters Association.
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