Is it the Dawning of the Age of Strict Products Liability for Contractors in California?

Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog | February 9, 2016 It was the Age of Aquarius. And everything was changing. Politically, socially . . . andlegally. Through the 19th Century the doctrine of caveat emptor, literally “let the buyer beware,” was the rule of law. Under the doctrine a buyer was expected to protect… Continue reading Is it the Dawning of the Age of Strict Products Liability for Contractors in California?

U.S. District Court of Hawaii Holds That Claims Arising From Contractors Failure To Provide Metal Framing and Installation of Drywall Do Not Raise An “Occurrence” Under Insurance Policies

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP | October 22, 2014 In State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. RK Wooten, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146196 (D. Haw. Oct. 14, 2014), the U.S. District Court of Hawaii recently determined that State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Company (“State Farm”) had no duty to defend or indemnify… Continue reading U.S. District Court of Hawaii Holds That Claims Arising From Contractors Failure To Provide Metal Framing and Installation of Drywall Do Not Raise An “Occurrence” Under Insurance Policies

The Drywall Dilemma: Lessons Learned from the School of Finish Failures

Burt Olhiser – June 21, 2012 The following is the first installment of a two-part discussion of a number of failure-analysis projects that involve an industry standard that itself has failed to some degree, though perhaps through no fault of the intent of the standard or the undoubted good intentions of its authors. In reality,… Continue reading The Drywall Dilemma: Lessons Learned from the School of Finish Failures

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