Don Gregory, Eric Travers, Mike Madigan, Stephanie P. Union and Timothy Kelley | Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter | October 11, 2016 We have long counseled Owners about the risks associated with the standard AIA contract language stating that the Architect’s Drawings are “Instruments of Service” and the license to use them can be withheld… Continue reading Contractors + Subcontractors at Risk When Owner Fails to Pay Architect
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Contractors can be Liable for Following Owners’ Directives
Drew W. Colby and James Heffernan | Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP | January 2016 In Downey v. Chutehall Construction Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-001-16), the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled a contractor can be liable for violating building codes despite the fact that the party suing it directed the contractor to perform the non-compliant work.… Continue reading Contractors can be Liable for Following Owners’ Directives
#4 – Court of Appeal Opens Pandora’s Box on Definition of “Contractor” for Forum Selection Clauses
David A. Harris and Abigail e. Lighthart | Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP | September 30, 2015 In Vita Planning and Landscape Architecture, Inc. v. HKS Architects, Inc. (“Vita Planning”), the First Appellate District held California’s Code of Civil Procedure section 410.42 (“Section 410.42”) which prohibits an out-of-state contractor from requiring a California subcontractor to… Continue reading #4 – Court of Appeal Opens Pandora’s Box on Definition of “Contractor” for Forum Selection Clauses
“Contractor?” I do not think that employer’s liability exclusion means what you think it means
Jonathan Sterling | Carlton Fields Jorden Burt | October 30, 2015 Over the summer, this blog reported on how the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania managed to parse an employer’s liability exclusion to find that it did not exclude claims by employees of additional insureds. As the leaves started to turn, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit put an… Continue reading “Contractor?” I do not think that employer’s liability exclusion means what you think it means
Minnesota Legislature Tweaks Responsible Contractor Act
Bob Huber | Stinson Leonard Street | June 1, 2015 The Minnesota legislature recently passed a bill amending Minnesota’s Responsible Contractor Act. Going into the session, contractor lobbyists knew they could not expect of the law to be repealed. Their goal was to reduce paperwork and make the law more workable. In the end, they were… Continue reading Minnesota Legislature Tweaks Responsible Contractor Act