Kiara Hartwell | Marshall Dennehey The New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed three trial court orders dismissing claims brought by James Weiss, a retired firefighter and employee of Altona Blower & Sheet Metal Works, who was seriously injured while installing a firefighter training simulator. Weiss sued the Borough, its Fire Department and later his employer, alleging… Continue reading Appellate Division Upholds Dismissal of Construction Accident Claims Against Employer and Municipality
Tag: Personal Injury
Court Resolves Carriers’ Dispute Over Which Must Defend
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii The court agreed with Travelers that Lloyd’s had a duty to defend the underlying personal injury case. Travelers Indem. Co. v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118445 (S.D. N. Y. June 23, 2025). Jerome Avenue owned a multi-tenant property in the Bronx,… Continue reading Court Resolves Carriers’ Dispute Over Which Must Defend
Courthouse Reporter Series: Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Architect Has No Duty to Safeguard Third Parties Against Injury, Regardless of Knowledge of Dangerous Conditions on the Project
Stu Richeson | The Dispute Resolver In Bonilla v. Verges Rome Architects, 2023-00928 (La. 3/22/24); 382 So.3d 62, the Louisiana Supreme Court held because the terms of the agreement between the architect and the public owner did not give the architect responsibility for the means and methods of construction or for safety on the project, the… Continue reading Courthouse Reporter Series: Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Architect Has No Duty to Safeguard Third Parties Against Injury, Regardless of Knowledge of Dangerous Conditions on the Project
Construction Litigation Roundup: “Indeed, You Just Design ‘Em”
Daniel Lund III | Phelps Dunbar Seeking to be extracted from personal injury litigation initiated by a laborer on a project in New Orleans, an architect sued for negligence filed a motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff had “testified in his deposition that after demolishing most of one of the side walls of the vault… Continue reading Construction Litigation Roundup: “Indeed, You Just Design ‘Em”
The Saiber Construction Law Column: February 2024
Robert Nussbaum | Saiber In the April 2023 OnSite issue, the Saiber Construction Law Column discussed a 2022 case in which the Supreme Court of Maryland held that a party who hires an independent contractor is generally not liable to an employee of that contractor for injuries caused by the contractor’s negligence in performing the work for… Continue reading The Saiber Construction Law Column: February 2024