independent guest houses with a private interconnected roof deck and wet bar where events could be held separate from the rest of the property. Although geological surveys were conducted before building The Chasan Villa, these reports were found later in court to be faulty. The defective and neglected city-owned storm drain system built in the 1920s was leaking and after a California Water Service Company water main broke, a landslide destabilized the cliffs holding up the villa. Walls began to crack and the staircase crumbled, requiring the Chasan family to evacuate the villa and abandon the property in 1981. After condemning the property, the city fully demolished the remaining portions that had not fallen into the ocean by 1983. It was decided by a jury that the city was negligent and did not repair the leaking storm drain system and the city settled the case in what became the largest settlement of its kind. Chasan later said at the time that she and her husband elected to move away from the Los Angeles peninsula area given the pain of losing their dream home. Later years and death Chasan and her husband moved to Rancho Santa Fe, California in the late 1980s after she retired from practicing law. In retirement, her husband Fred rejoined the United States Military as a Medical Officer in the Navy. The couple was visiting family in New York, New York in September 2001 and dined at Windows on the World of the North Twin Tower of the World Trade Center on September 10, hours before the September 11 attacks. After the death of her husband in 2005, Chasan remained in Southern California after her until her death of natural causes on February 24, 2023. She will be buried alongside her husband at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery with a view overlooking the sea, similar to the view from The Chasan Villa. References 1932 births 2023 deaths American businesspeople American lawyers California lawyers Palos Verdes Peninsula Southwestern Law School alumni Survivors of the September 11 attacks