I'm an engineering student, not a law student so I need help with this please.

Negotiate a settlement to the dispute in Case VI from Chen 1988.

Assumptions:

• The case is in mediation.
• The state of Colorado spent $850,000 to correct surface drainage problems around the facility and to repair interior walls and floors damages by swelling soils.
• The contractor has already made a settlement with the state of Colorado. No details of that settlement are known.

As the mediator - Facilitate settlement discussions by the parties and try to resolve the case before it goes to trial.

Prepare for negotiation. Please help me list facts for and against each of the three parties in the mediation. Be neutral, fair, and objective.

1. Owner
2. Architect
3. GeotechnicalEngineer