Is this Product the Answer to Your Clients’ Complex Construction Needs?

Bethan Moorcraft | Insurance Business Magazine | September 22, 2017 The US construction insurance market is a complex space to compete in. State-specific legislation and various approaches to construction management can sometimes make placing liability and settling litigation a real headache. But there’s a new product on the block that might just make the lives… Continue reading Is this Product the Answer to Your Clients’ Complex Construction Needs?

Justices: Condo Association Can’t Reset Clock on Construction Defect Claim

Charles Toutant | New Jersey Law Journal | September 14, 2017 The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a condominium association can’t restart the clock on the six-year statute of limitations for construction defects after acquiring a former rental property. The justices reversed an Appellate Division ruling that found three suits filed against contractors by the Palisades at… Continue reading Justices: Condo Association Can’t Reset Clock on Construction Defect Claim

Homeowner’s Claim for Collapse Survives Summary Judgment

Tred Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | September 18, 2017 The insurer failed to present adequate evidence on summary judgment that damage caused by the collapse of a swimming pool was not covered. Klein v. State Farm Ins. Co., 2017 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 3030 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. July 11, 2017). Klein notified State Farm that his… Continue reading Homeowner’s Claim for Collapse Survives Summary Judgment

Keeping Construction Risks Less Risky

John J. Sylvanus | Barley Snyder | August 14, 2017 Major construction is full of risk and reward. Owners, architects, engineers, contractors and subcontractors – all are bound to each other by a web of agreements, common schedules and desired outcomes. Everyone on a project is dependent on everyone else and subject to events beyond their… Continue reading Keeping Construction Risks Less Risky

Pacing in Construction Scheduling Disputes

Luke Mecklenburg | Snell & Wilmer | September 11, 2017 On a high level, construction delay litigation involves sorting out the impacts to the critical project path and determining which party is responsible for those impacts. One of the more difficult elements of this process is determining whether a delay would have occurred regardless of… Continue reading Pacing in Construction Scheduling Disputes

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