Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog This past month, after remaining relatively quiet following the coronavirus outbreak, OSHA began issuing industry-specific guidance on how to deal with the coronavirus in the workplace. Until this month, the only construction industry specific guidance issued by OSHA was an OSHA Alert entitled COVID-19 Guidance for the Construction Workforce,… Continue reading OSHA Issues COVID-19 Guidance for Construction Industry
Month: July 2020
Don’t Be Unreasonable: Equitable Adjustment Conditioned on Government Contractor’s Proof of Reasonable Interpretation of Contract
Douglas L. Patin, Aron C. Beezley & Amandeep S. Kahlon | Buildsmart The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers v. John C. Grimberg Co., Inc., recently reversed an Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) decision that a federal contractor was entitled to an equitable adjustment on a… Continue reading Don’t Be Unreasonable: Equitable Adjustment Conditioned on Government Contractor’s Proof of Reasonable Interpretation of Contract
Michigan Supreme Court Opens Door to CGL Claims for Construction Defects
Jeffrey L. Hamera | Duane Morris The Michigan Supreme Court overturned precedent and joined the jurisdictions that allow damages arising from construction defects to be the basis of a claim against a subcontractor’s comprehensive general liability (“CGL”) policy written on a 1986 ISO form. This decision opens the door to CGL claims for construction defects… Continue reading Michigan Supreme Court Opens Door to CGL Claims for Construction Defects
Why Every Lawyer in the Construction Industry Should Pay Attention to Level 10 Construction v Sea World LLC
Christopher M. Wise | Forum on Construction Law “We will not process outstanding payments to contractors or subcontractors until the pandemic restrictions are lifted.” Since the pandemic began, I have wondered what courts across the country would do when businesses started breaking contractual obligations and blaming, or using, pandemic restrictions as their defense. Most lawyers… Continue reading Why Every Lawyer in the Construction Industry Should Pay Attention to Level 10 Construction v Sea World LLC
Federal Court Opinion Has Huge Impact on the Construction Industry
Wally Zimolong | False Claims Act The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia recently issued an opinion that should get the attention of any contractor or subcontractor performing work on a federal funded construction project. In U.S. ex rel IBEW Local 98 v. The Fairfield Company, the federal court held that… Continue reading Federal Court Opinion Has Huge Impact on the Construction Industry