Louie Castoria | Claims Magazine VETERAN CLAIMS EXECUTIVES know that sometimes lawsuits go off the rails. Juries can “run away,” key witnesses can crater on cross-examination, and judges can, occasionally, be injudicious. However, there are warning signs: It’s quiet, too quiet. Most insurers have reporting intervals stated in their litigation guidelines, but these represent minimum… Continue reading Seven Signs a Claim is About to Go Wrong
Category: Insurance Claims
Fifth Circuit Holds Insurer Owes Duty to Defend Latent Condition Claim That Caused Fire Damage to Property Years After Construction Work
Jeremy S. Macklin | Traub Lieberman Most general liability policies only provide coverage for “property damage” that occurs during the policy period. Thus, when analyzing coverage for a construction defect claim, it is important to ascertain the date on which damage occurred. Of course, the plaintiffs’ bar crafts pleadings to be purposefully vague as to… Continue reading Fifth Circuit Holds Insurer Owes Duty to Defend Latent Condition Claim That Caused Fire Damage to Property Years After Construction Work
Owner Disgorgement Claims Against Unlicensed Contractors Given Short Statute of Limitations
Matthew T. Porter | Smith Currie & Hancock Eisenberg Village of the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging v. Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. (2020) 53 Cal.App.5th 1201. Under California Business and Professions Code section 7031(b), “a person who utilizes the services of an unlicensed contractor may bring an action … to recover all compensation paid to… Continue reading Owner Disgorgement Claims Against Unlicensed Contractors Given Short Statute of Limitations
Documentation: A Key to Preventing and Winning Construction Claims
Kent B. Scott | Babcock Scott & Babcock Both practically and legally, a picture is worth a thousand words. In both the construction and legal industries, attempting to resolve issues based on oral conversations can be a recipe for further conflict. This is because it is inherently difficult to determine the truth in a… Continue reading Documentation: A Key to Preventing and Winning Construction Claims
No Longer in the Dark: A Primer on the Distinction between Delay and Disruption Damages in a Construction Dispute
Matthew DeVries | Best Practices Construction Law If you are left in the dark about something, you don’t have the information you should have to make an informed decision. Delay claims on a construction can be confusing, especially when you think about the delay to the work being performed and the disruption to other activities.… Continue reading No Longer in the Dark: A Primer on the Distinction between Delay and Disruption Damages in a Construction Dispute