Judy Greenwald | Business Insurance | May 3, 2017 A measure signed into law last week by California Governor Jerry Brown will significantly reduce defense costs for design professionals, including architects and engineers, and could smooth claims handling, say experts. Senate Bill 496 provides that architects and engineers would be liable to pay only a… Continue reading Law Limits Defense Costs Liability for Design Professionals
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Recent Developments in the Interpretation of California’s Right to Repair Act
Kevin Meade, Esq. and Scott Halberstadt, Esq. | The Amin Law Group | April 10, 2017 While we await the California Supreme Court’s opinion in the matter of McMillin Albany, LLC v. Superior Court, 239 Cal.App.4th 1132 (2015) (hereinafter “McMillin”)[1], we have received additional guidance regarding the application and interpretation of California’s Right to Repair… Continue reading Recent Developments in the Interpretation of California’s Right to Repair Act
Economic Damages and the Right to Repair Act : You Can’t Have it Both Ways
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog | March 6, 2017 In 2002, the California State Legislature passed Senate Bill 800 also known as the Right to Repair Act (Civil Code Sections 895 et seq.) in an effort to stem a then rising tide in residential construction defect litigation. SB 800, which applies to newly… Continue reading Economic Damages and the Right to Repair Act : You Can’t Have it Both Ways
California Supreme Court Upholds Insurance Commissioner’s Authority to Regulate Replacement Cost Estimates
Christopher Kendrick and Valerie A. Moore | Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP | January 24, 2017 In Assn. of Cal. Insurance Companies v. Jones ( No. S226529, filed 1/23/17), the California Supreme Court reversed trial and appellate court decisions to hold that California’s Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones had the authority to promulgate California Code of… Continue reading California Supreme Court Upholds Insurance Commissioner’s Authority to Regulate Replacement Cost Estimates
California’s High Court Gives Insurance Regulators Tools To Broaden Authority
Robert D. Helfand | PropertyCasualtyFocus | January 27, 2017 Nearly two years ago, a California appellate court invalidated a rule promulgated by the state’s Insurance Commissioner, on the ground that the regulator lacks authority to prohibit “deceptive acts or practices” which are not already identified in California’s Unfair Insurance Practices Act (UIPA), Cal. Ins. Code… Continue reading California’s High Court Gives Insurance Regulators Tools To Broaden Authority