Craig Martin | Construction Contractor Advisor | May 25, 2015 A Texas Court of Appeals, in USA Walnut Creek, DST v. Terracon Consultants, Inc., recently ruled that an engineer owed a duty to the buyer of an apartment complex, even though the engineer had no contractual relationship with the buyer. This is an expansion of the… Continue reading Do Engineers Owe a Duty to Third Parties?
Category: Professional Liability Insurance
Seven Things about Professional Liability Coverage—Part 1
Andrew B. Downs – July 23, 2013 Most lawyers or their firms have purchased professional liability policies. Fortunately, most of us never need to look at those policies. But, every defense attorney who defends, cross-complains against, or is otherwise adverse to a professional needs to know something about professional liability coverages. How a case is… Continue reading Seven Things about Professional Liability Coverage—Part 1
New Florida Statute Allows Limitation of Design Professional Liability
Jennifer W. Fletcher, Michael G. Kerman, Kent W. Collier, Jennifer S. Lowndes and Laura J. Stipanowich – June 6, 2013 Over the past fourteen years, third parties have been able to maintain a direct negligence cause of action against an individual design professional, such as an architect or engineer, arising out a construction project, despite… Continue reading New Florida Statute Allows Limitation of Design Professional Liability
Defects in an Insured’s Own Work are “Unmistakably Included” in the Definition of “Occurrence” in CGL Policy, Rules Second Circuit.
Laura R. Thomson – April 22, 2013 The Second Circuit’s recent decision in Scottsdale Insurance Company v. R.I. Pools, Inc., Case No. 11-3529, 2013 WL 1150217 (2d Cir. March 21, 2013) should be welcome news for Connecticut contractors insured under CGL policies with Broad Form Property Damage Coverage, seeking coverage for losses to their work… Continue reading Defects in an Insured’s Own Work are “Unmistakably Included” in the Definition of “Occurrence” in CGL Policy, Rules Second Circuit.
7 CRITICAL MISTAKES ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS MAKE DURING PROJECT NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION THAT SABOTAGE THEIR PROJECTS & INVITE LITIGATION
Melissa Brumback – Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC The typical commercial construction lawsuit can cost an architecture or engineering firm well over $100,000 to resolve. It is not unheard of for some construction lawsuits to rise into the multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars, and, in some cases, for damages to reach into… Continue reading 7 CRITICAL MISTAKES ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS MAKE DURING PROJECT NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION THAT SABOTAGE THEIR PROJECTS & INVITE LITIGATION