Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog | February 19, 2019 In Berkeley Cement, Inc v. Regents of the University of California, Case Nos. F073455 and F073586 (January 7, 2019), the 5th District Court of Appeals examined the difference between “design” specifications and “performance” specifications on a University of California project in Merced, California. The Berkeley Cement… Continue reading “Design” and “Performance” Specifications: A Recipe Book
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Summary of California Property Insurance Legislation Enacted in 2018
Victor Jacobellis | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | February 20, 2019 California residents were not spared from disaster in 2018. Instead, devastating wildfires continued, which included the biggest and most devastating wildfires to ever ravage California. The continued disasters were more frequent and begun much earlier during California’s prolonged dry period. The number and… Continue reading Summary of California Property Insurance Legislation Enacted in 2018
Restoration Contractors Providing Great Quality Workmanship Are Policyholder Friends But Many Insurance Companies Refuse To Pay For Quality
Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | February 17, 2019 Contractors often tell me and other Merlin Law Group attorneys of the crazy excuses and refusals insurance adjusters give to avoid paying for required construction materials, processes, and practices which constitute quality workmanship. Cheap and non-quality construction is easy to do and often… Continue reading Restoration Contractors Providing Great Quality Workmanship Are Policyholder Friends But Many Insurance Companies Refuse To Pay For Quality
Damages For Delay-An Update
Henry L. Goldberg | Moritt Hock & Hamroff | February 12, 2019 One of the most significant developments in construction law of late concerns an issue I have been actively involved in for some time. It is a coordinated, industrywide effort to eliminate “no damages for delay” clauses for public construction. As with the federal… Continue reading Damages For Delay-An Update
No Coverage for Defects in Subcontrator’s Own Work
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | February 11, 2019 Damage to the concrete floor installed by the insured subcontractor was not property damage and thus not covered under the insured’s CGL policy. Kalman Floor Co. v. Old Republic Gen. Ins. Corp., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3319 (D. Colo Jan. 8, 2019). … Continue reading No Coverage for Defects in Subcontrator’s Own Work