Las Vegas Review Journal | December 21, 2015 After a decade of investigating and prosecuting homeowner association fraud and corruption in Las Vegas, the Justice Department has something to hide. Likely lots to hide. Why else would federal attorneys insist on preserving protective orders on evidence in a case long wrapped up and topped with… Continue reading #8 – Release Records from HOA Fraud Case
#9 – Vallagio v. Metropolitan Homes: The Colorado Court of Appeals’ Decision Protecting a Declarant’s Right to Arbitration in Construction Defect Cases
David M. McLain | Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell, LLC | May 13, 2015 On May 7th, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued its much anticipated ruling in Vallagio at Inverness Residential Condominium Association, Inc. v. Metropolitan Homes, Inc., et al., 2015COA65 (Colo. App. May 7, 2015). By way of background, the Vallagio at Inverness… Continue reading #9 – Vallagio v. Metropolitan Homes: The Colorado Court of Appeals’ Decision Protecting a Declarant’s Right to Arbitration in Construction Defect Cases
#10 – Duty To Defend Construction Defect Case Affirmed, Duty to Indemnify Reversed In Part
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | May 4, 2015 The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding of a duty to defend, but reversed, in part, the insurer’s duty to indemnify. Carithers v. Mid-Continent Cas. Co., 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 5540 (11th Cir. April 7, 2015). After discovering a number of defects in their… Continue reading #10 – Duty To Defend Construction Defect Case Affirmed, Duty to Indemnify Reversed In Part
#11 – Defense Victory in Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Beverly Bevenflorez | Construction Defect Journal | February 26, 2015 Earlier this month, Scott Calkins and Anthony Gaeta of Collinsworth, Specht, Calkins & Giampaoli, LLP obtained a defense verdict in a breach of fiduciary duty action involving a high-rise condominium in downtown San Diego, California. The Association asked for excess of over $3 million, however,… Continue reading #11 – Defense Victory in Breach of Fiduciary Duty
#12 – Remediation Work Caused by Installation of Defective Tiles Not Covered
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | August 3, 2015 The federal district court applied California law to find there was no coverage when the subcontractor was sued for broken tiles on a project. Am. Home Assur. Co. v. SMG Stone Co., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75910 (N. D. Cal. June 11, 2015). The subcontractor… Continue reading #12 – Remediation Work Caused by Installation of Defective Tiles Not Covered