Alan Taylor and Wesley Welmaker | Segal McCambridge 12 States Currently Require a Certificate of Merit to File a Professional Liability Lawsuit against an Architect or an Engineer. Currently, the following 12 states require a Plaintiff to file a Certificate of Merit prior to or with a lawsuit alleging professional negligence against architects, engineers, and… Continue reading The Key Role of Certificates of Merit in Defending Professional Liability Claims against Architects and Engineers
Tag: Design Professional Liability
California Supreme Court to Address Design Professionals and Duty of Care to Third-Party Purchasers
Gregory T. Hanson – June 5, 2014 On May 7, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Beacon Residential Community Assn. v. Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP, a case that will have a huge impact on design professional liability in California when third-party purchasers sue a designer alleging defective designs. The Beacon is a mixed-use… Continue reading California Supreme Court to Address Design Professionals and Duty of Care to Third-Party Purchasers
New Florida Statute Allows Limitation of Design Professional Liability
Jennifer W. Fletcher, Michael G. Kerman, Kent W. Collier, Jennifer S. Lowndes and Laura J. Stipanowich – June 6, 2013 Over the past fourteen years, third parties have been able to maintain a direct negligence cause of action against an individual design professional, such as an architect or engineer, arising out a construction project, despite… Continue reading New Florida Statute Allows Limitation of Design Professional Liability