Timothy W. Gordon | Holland & Hart LLP | May 16, 2017 Building a mixed-use project? If so, Colorado law might render void some of the contractual protections that you bargained for. In Broomfield Senior Living Owner, LLC v. R.G. Brinkmann Co., 2017 COA 31, reh’g denied (Apr. 20, 2017), a division of the Colorado… Continue reading Those Contractual Protections that you Bargained for Might be Void
Month: May 2017
OSHA Standards Apply to Insurance Adjusters
Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | May 18, 2017 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards apply to all insurance adjusters. I am in my second OSHA class because I was curious how these standards impact costs of construction. My hunch is that many adjusters have no clue about all the standards… Continue reading OSHA Standards Apply to Insurance Adjusters
Colorado State Legislature Finally Passes Construction Defects Reform Legislation
Blair E. Lichtenfels and Jonathan G. Pray | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck | May 15, 2017 In a dramatic and seemingly overnight change of course, the Colorado House of Representatives unanimously approved House Bill 1279 on April 24, 2017. Days later, on May 4, 2017, HB 1279 passed unanimously in the Colorado State Senate on… Continue reading Colorado State Legislature Finally Passes Construction Defects Reform Legislation
Multiple Instances of Defectively Designed, Manufactured, or Installed Windows Does Multiple Occurrences Make
Nora Valenza-Frost | PropertyCasualtyFocus | May 12, 2017 After previously holding that various claims against the insured, Pella, alleged property damage caused by an “occurrence,” thus triggering Liberty Mutual Insurance Company’s (“Liberty”) coverage obligations under various CGL policies, in Pella Corp. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., No. 4:11-cv-00273 (S.D. Mar. 31, 2017), the Southern District… Continue reading Multiple Instances of Defectively Designed, Manufactured, or Installed Windows Does Multiple Occurrences Make
Looking Hard at Claimed “In House” Expenses: Part 2
Mary Furst and James McCurley | California Lawyer | May 15, 2017 Forensic accountants explain the methodology to properly analyze economic losses that allegedly flow from construction defects. (Part I of this three-part series explained ways in which a forensic accountant can assist counsel in analyzing and uncovering non-loss related elements in a damage claim… Continue reading Looking Hard at Claimed “In House” Expenses: Part 2