Shantinique Brooks | Plunkett & Cooney Construction Defects – Eleventh Circuit (Florida Law) Southern-Owners Ins. Co. v. MAC Contractors of Florida, LLCNo. 23-11366, 2024 WL 1573685 (11th Cir. Apr. 11, 2024) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit determined that an insurer had a duty to defend its insured on the basis that,… Continue reading Construction Defects Coverage Update
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Construction Defects Coverage Update
Shantinique Brooks | Plunkett Cooney Construction Defects – Eleventh Circuit (Florida Law) Southern-Owners Ins. Co. v. MAC Contractors of Florida, LLCNo. 23-11366, 2024 WL 1573685 (11th Cir. Apr. 11, 2024) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit determined that an insurer had a duty to defend its insured on the basis that, at… Continue reading Construction Defects Coverage Update
Proposed State Legislation Would Nearly Double the Statute of Repose under the Colorado Construction Defect Action Reform Act and Expand Plaintiffs’ Rights
Jed Sonnenshein and Rachel Van Amburg | Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti While Colorado struggles with an ongoing housing supply deficit and potential buyers grapple with interest rate resistant prices and higher costs of borrowing, local and state governments are entertaining all kinds of potential solutions to Colorado’s affordable and attainable housing issues, including… Continue reading Proposed State Legislation Would Nearly Double the Statute of Repose under the Colorado Construction Defect Action Reform Act and Expand Plaintiffs’ Rights
Recent Statutory Changes Cap Retainage on Applicable Construction Projects
Patrick McKnight | Dispute Resolver Recent reforms to certain state retainage laws have reduced the lawful amount of withholding permitted on construction projects. In theory, retainage allows an owner to mitigate the risk of incomplete or defective work by withholding a certain portion of payment until the construction project is substantially complete. Recent statutory developments… Continue reading Recent Statutory Changes Cap Retainage on Applicable Construction Projects
“Catastrophic” Construction?: The Government’s Continued Payment Defeats Materiality
Tirzah S. Lollar, Megan Pieper and Eliza Buergenthal | Arnold & Porter This January, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania rejected a subcontractor’s doomsday allegations that a general contractor had submitted false claims for defective construction work on a project to build a new school on the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia. In Chowns Group LLC… Continue reading “Catastrophic” Construction?: The Government’s Continued Payment Defeats Materiality