The Role of Expert Witnesses in Personal Injury Trials: What You Need to Know

Salvatore Grillo | Grillo Law Personal Injury Lawyers Obtaining compensation for damages resulting from the actions of a careless party often requires litigation, wherein your legal representative must demonstrate the cause of an accident or incident. In addition to utilizing eyewitness testimony, official reports, and other forms of documentation to establish the details of your… Continue reading The Role of Expert Witnesses in Personal Injury Trials: What You Need to Know

Construction Litigation Roundup: “A Reel Insurance Brainteaser”

Daniel Lund III | Phelps Dunbar During construction of a movie theater in New York, an employee of a subcontractor was seriously injured by a co-employee operating a forklift. The injured employee sued the general contractor and the project and property owners for his injuries. The general contract had the typical insurance clauses in it,… Continue reading Construction Litigation Roundup: “A Reel Insurance Brainteaser”

The Privette Doctrine, the Hooker Exception, and an Attack at a Construction Site

Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog You don’t often hear about workers being attacked by ne’er-do-wells on a construction project. But, as they say, stuff happens . . . Construction contracts often address health and safety issues, as well as site security to protect the improvement, materials, equipment and tools, as well as to… Continue reading The Privette Doctrine, the Hooker Exception, and an Attack at a Construction Site

No Coverage for Delinquent Payments: Mobile Home Park Operator Cannot Recover for “Expected or Intended” Injuries

Lauren Silk | PropertyCasualtyFocus On May 1, 2023, in West American Insurance Co. v. Del Ray Properties Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington held that general liability insurers owed no coverage obligations to a mobile home park operator in connection with delinquent payments of utility bills that jeopardized its residents’ water… Continue reading No Coverage for Delinquent Payments: Mobile Home Park Operator Cannot Recover for “Expected or Intended” Injuries

Liability for Injuries to Subcontractors’ Workers

Scott Halberstadt | TALG General Contractors and Owner’s Representatives May Be Liable Generally, a subcontractor is solely responsible for the injury to one of its workers on the job site. However, as a recent California Court of Appeal reminded us, that is not absolute. The case involved an apartment construction project in San Francisco’s Hunters… Continue reading Liability for Injuries to Subcontractors’ Workers