No Coverage for Claim Deemed Made After Policy Expired When Insured First Received Actual Notice of Lawsuit

Elizabeth Jewell | Wiley Rein The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, applying Illinois law, has held that a claim was deemed first made when the insured received actual, rather than constructive notice of the claim. Philadelphia Indem. Ins. Co. v. Lewis Produce Mkt No. 2, 2022 WL 1045640 (N.D. Ill. Apr.… Continue reading No Coverage for Claim Deemed Made After Policy Expired When Insured First Received Actual Notice of Lawsuit

Waive Your Claim Goodbye: Louisiana Court Holds That AIA Subrogation Waiver Did Not Violate Anti-Indemnification Statute and Applied to Subcontractors

Gus Sara | The Subrogation Strategist In 2700 Bohn Motor, LLC v. F.H. Myers Constr. Corp., No. 2021-CA-0671, 2022 La. App. LEXIS 651 (Bohn Motor), the Court of Appeals of Louisiana for the Fourth Circuit (Court of Appeals) considered whether a subrogation waiver in an AIA construction contract was enforceable and, if so, whether the waiver also… Continue reading Waive Your Claim Goodbye: Louisiana Court Holds That AIA Subrogation Waiver Did Not Violate Anti-Indemnification Statute and Applied to Subcontractors

Is Your Contract “Mission Essential?” Recovering Costs for Performing During a Force Majeure Event Under Federal Regulations

Joneis M. Phan and Sarah K. Bloom | ConsensusDocs Federal contractors have faced unprecedented challenges performing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional costs have included delays and inefficiencies, site closures, quarantines, unavailability of supplies and materials, and full shutdowns of subcontractor operations. For contractors performing under fixed price contracts, the cost impact of COVID-19 was likely… Continue reading Is Your Contract “Mission Essential?” Recovering Costs for Performing During a Force Majeure Event Under Federal Regulations

Difference Between a Novation and a Modification to a Contract

David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates In contract law, there are two doctrines that have similarities but are indeed different. These doctrines are known as  novation and  modification.  There are times you may want to make arguments relative to these doctrines because they are important for your theory of the dispute.  Thus, you want to… Continue reading Difference Between a Novation and a Modification to a Contract

Construction Defect Claims Not Covered

Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii     The court found that the insured’s negligent acts causing damage to only the structure of the home it built were not covered under the CGL policy. Westfield Ins. Co. v. Zaremba Builders II LLC, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36189 (N.D. Ill. March 2, 2022).     Zaremba… Continue reading Construction Defect Claims Not Covered

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