Christopher G. Hill | Construction Law Musings | June 18, 2019 Here at Construction Law Musings, Hensel Phelps Construction Co. is best known as the company that got whipsawed between indemnity rules and the lack of a statute of limitations for state agencies. However a recent case out of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District… Continue reading Another Reason to Always Respond (or Hensel Phelps Wins One!)
Category: Construction Law
Effective October 1, 2019, Florida General Contractors Have a Statutory Right to Recovery of Attorney Fees Against a Defaulted Subcontractor’s Surety
Warren E. Friedman | Peck Law Florida contractors will soon have a level playing field, at least related to the right to recovery of attorney fees in certain circumstances. Effective October 1, 2019, the Florida statute by which legal fees may be recovered from insurers and sureties was amended to expressly afford that right to… Continue reading Effective October 1, 2019, Florida General Contractors Have a Statutory Right to Recovery of Attorney Fees Against a Defaulted Subcontractor’s Surety
Top 10 Rules to be a Successful Lawyer
James Gray Robinson | ABA Journal | June 20, 2019 A third-generation trial attorney, I have spent a majority of my life either working as a lawyer or hearing about it at the dinner table growing up. I was a trial attorney in North Carolina for nearly 27 years and retired in 2004 to go… Continue reading Top 10 Rules to be a Successful Lawyer
Quick Note: Independent Third-Party Spoliation of Evidence Claim
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates | May 4, 2019 In an earlier posting I discussed the difference between first-party spoliation of evidence and third-party spoliation of evidence. There is NO independent cause of action for first-party spoliation of evidencebecause that can be dealt with directly in the underlying lawsuit. This deals with the assertion that… Continue reading Quick Note: Independent Third-Party Spoliation of Evidence Claim
No Rest for the Weary: Project Completion Is the Beginning of Litigation
Albert Li and Bob Fitzsimmons | Construction Executive | April 30, 2019 In today’s environment, most construction projects end up in some form of litigation. Construction is full-time employment for lawyers – from contract negotiation to project management, lien and payment issues. Years after project completion, a company still can face construction defect litigation and… Continue reading No Rest for the Weary: Project Completion Is the Beginning of Litigation