Daniel Vasquez May 6, 2012 Would you place your air-conditioning unit or roof in the hands of a fly-by-night company to save a buck? Are there more unlicensed contractors offering bargains across Florida because of the bad economy? The answers to those questions are being sought by the trade group Air Conditioning Contractors of America,… Continue reading Unlicensed Contractors
Category: Construction Defects
Securing A Construction Lawyer -When And Why
by FERRARIDOT230 on MAY 2, 2012 In at the moment’s economic system, more folks have found it helpful to do a lot of their own building in terms of their house. Even when they aren’t doing their own building, nonetheless, it’s nonetheless usually preferable to supervise the work being performed on a daily basis. This… Continue reading Securing A Construction Lawyer -When And Why
A Case for Expanding the Use of Pass-Through Claims
Benton T. Wheatley & Jessica Neufeld – April 18, 2012 In construction cases, owners must often deal with claims made against it by contractors, despite the fact that the claim may really be a design professional’s fault. Common contracts may also prevent all three parties — contractor, owner, and design professional — from resolving the… Continue reading A Case for Expanding the Use of Pass-Through Claims
FINALLY, a CD Coverage Case in New York!!
Aquatectonics, Inc. d/b/a Loebs & Gordon PoolCraft v. The Hartford Casualty Insurance Company Well, the attack on insureds via the restrictive definition of “occurrence” (a true double edged sword for carriers), continues to march forward this time right into the Empire State, a jurisdiction not known for a plethora of CD cases nor coverage opinions… Continue reading FINALLY, a CD Coverage Case in New York!!
A Contractor’s Implied Non-Delegable Duty
Lochlin B. Samples – April 6, 2012 A recent Tennessee Supreme Court case, Federal Insurance Co. v. Winters, 354 S.W. 3d 287 (Tenn. 2011), addressing two previously unresolved issues in Tennessee, concluded that a contractor has an implied duty to perform work in a careful, skillful, and workmanlike manner and that, absent the owner’s consent, this duty… Continue reading A Contractor’s Implied Non-Delegable Duty