Stan Martin | Commonsense Construction Law LLC | January 20, 2018 Condo bylaws that restrict the ability of a condo board to sue the developer came in a for a beating by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. While refusing to prohibit all restrictive bylaws, the Massachusetts high court roundly criticized the bylaws in question. Deservedly… Continue reading Bad Facts Make Bad Law – Condo Version
Category: Design Professionals
Florida Supreme Court Confirms 558 is Not a Civil Proceeding, Allowing Contractors and Design Professionals to Resolve Defect Disputes as Intended by the Legislature
Brian A. Wolf and Joseph R. Young | Smith Currie & Hancock | December 14, 2017 Contractors and design professionals are entitled to notice of alleged defects in their work and the opportunity to fix them without intervention by insurance companies and needless litigation. Today, Florida’s Supreme Court in Altman Contractors, Inc. v. Crum & Forster… Continue reading Florida Supreme Court Confirms 558 is Not a Civil Proceeding, Allowing Contractors and Design Professionals to Resolve Defect Disputes as Intended by the Legislature
Fashion Trends for Design Professionals: Wearing Many Different Hats
Brian L. Lynch | Faegre Baker Daniels | January 18, 2018 With the rise in alternative project delivery systems, design professionals are often expected to provide services beyond those required under the “traditional model.”1 As one may expect, this expansion of services can also increase risk for the designer and affect legal relationships and liabilities for… Continue reading Fashion Trends for Design Professionals: Wearing Many Different Hats
Certificate Of Merit Not Required In Litigation Seeking Damages Where No Licensed Or Registered Professionals Identified
Anthony B. Cavender | Gravel2Gavel | December 13, 2017 In the case of CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. v. Springer, et al., the Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, sitting in Beaumont, decided an interlocutory appeals brought by the Appellant CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. The Court of Appeals concluded that the “trial court did not abuse… Continue reading Certificate Of Merit Not Required In Litigation Seeking Damages Where No Licensed Or Registered Professionals Identified
In a Win for Design Professionals, California Court of Appeals Holds That Relation-Back Doctrine Does Not Apply to Certificate of Merit Law
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog | December 5, 2017 The year was 1995. The old guard was still in power in Sacramento. “Button-Down” Pete Wilson was Governor. Willie Brown, the self-nicknamed “Ayatollah of the Assembly,” was Speaker of the Assembly. And Bill “Huggy” Lockyer was Senate Pro Tem. Names that, for many reasons as… Continue reading In a Win for Design Professionals, California Court of Appeals Holds That Relation-Back Doctrine Does Not Apply to Certificate of Merit Law