Ted Senet | Gibbs Giden Aas v. Superior Court (2000) 24 Cal. 4th 627 – economic loss rule Amelco Electric v. City of Thousand Oaks ( (2002) 27 Cal. 4th 228 – abandonment does not apply to public works – total cost theory is allowed Beacon Residential Community Association v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (2014) 59 Cal. 4th… Continue reading Professor Senet’s List of 25 Decisions Every California Construction Lawyer Should Know:
Month: January 2022
California Statutes Authorizing Public-Private Partnership Contracting
Robert A. James and Shade Oladetimi | Gravel2Gavel Public-private partnerships are often cited as a key pathway to restoring and enhancing the nation’s infrastructure. They can be challenging arrangements to structure. (As a result of the pandemic, they have even suffered the indignity of having their “PPP” acronym coopted by the Paycheck Protection Program. With apologies… Continue reading California Statutes Authorizing Public-Private Partnership Contracting
Colorado Enforces Ambiguous Limitation of Liability Clauses
Kelly Smith | Snell & Wilmer On September 23, 2021, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Johnson Nathan Strohe, P.C. v. MEP Engineering, Inc., addressing a matter of first impression. The court of appeals held for the first time that an ambiguous limitation of liability clause may be enforced. This stands in contrast… Continue reading Colorado Enforces Ambiguous Limitation of Liability Clauses
5 Things You Should Know About the Proposed Revisions to Florida’s Construction Defect Statute
Jeffrey S. Wertman | Berger Singerman A new bill making its way through the Florida Legislature, SB 736, if enacted into law, will significantly affect future construction defect claims. Here is what you should know: Four Year Statute of Repose. The law will effectively eliminate the 10-year latent defect exception to the statute of repose.… Continue reading 5 Things You Should Know About the Proposed Revisions to Florida’s Construction Defect Statute
Proposed Changes To Florida’s Statutes Of Limitations And Repose Would Greatly Impact Construction Defect Litigation
Elizabeth Ferguson and Taylor A. Naughton | Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin A new bill has been proposed in the Florida Legislature that would amend the statutes of limitations and repose greatly impacting construction defect litigation. The original bill proposed to rewrite Fla. Stat. 95.11(3)(c) by completely eliminating the ten-year statute of repose for… Continue reading Proposed Changes To Florida’s Statutes Of Limitations And Repose Would Greatly Impact Construction Defect Litigation