Michael L. Meyer | Taft The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger famously sang, “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you’ll find you get what you need.” Jagger wasn’t singing about damages in construction defect litigation. But his message rings true, especially when the cost to repair a defect is high… Continue reading You Can’t Always Get What You Want – “Economic Waste” in Construction Defect Claims
Month: January 2021
Post-Covid Projects “Restarts”: Contractors Caught Between A Rock & A Hard Place?
Robert Fryman | Moritt Hock & Hamroff Even after New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s New York “PAUSE” program was replaced by the New York “FORWARD” program and its related executive orders (permitting both essential and non-essential projects to resume), many public and private improvement construction projects remained suspended. Now, more than six months after implementation… Continue reading Post-Covid Projects “Restarts”: Contractors Caught Between A Rock & A Hard Place?
Dealing with the Opioid Threat in the Construction Industry
Bridget Blinn-Spears | Nexsen Pruet Opioids pose a substantial threat to the construction industry. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), “Opioids have commonly been prescribed to construction workers to treat pain caused by these occupational injuries. Workers in the industry also have higher rates of opioid overdose death compared with… Continue reading Dealing with the Opioid Threat in the Construction Industry
10 Steps for Out-of-State Contractors to Get Licensed in Florida Without an Exam
Jason S. Lambert | Dinsmore In July 2020, Florida changed its contractor licensing statute to make it easier for contractors who have been licensed in other states for at least 10 years to obtain a Florida contractor license without having to take a licensing exam. While Florida has not entered into any formal reciprocity agreements… Continue reading 10 Steps for Out-of-State Contractors to Get Licensed in Florida Without an Exam
Construction Claims – No Contract, No Claims?
Andrew Atkins, Peter Marino and Patrick Wilson | Smith Anderson The North Carolina Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Crescent University City Venture, LLC v. Trussway Manufacturing, Inc.[1] The case decided the question of whether a commercial developer-owner can bring a negligence claim directly against a supplier of defective building material where no direct contract existed… Continue reading Construction Claims – No Contract, No Claims?