Boston Real Estate Times | August 16, 2019 Morrison Mahoney LLP, one of the northeast region’s leading litigation firms, announced that William A. Staar, a Partner in the firm’s Construction Litigation Practice, prevailed in a case before the New Hampshire Supreme Court (NHSC) on behalf of landscape architect, Wagner Hodgson, Inc. At issue was whether New Hampshire’s eight-year statute… Continue reading A Milestone Construction-Defect Case at New Hampshire Supreme Court
Tag: Statute of Repose
Contractor Liable Thirteen Years After the Fact??
Earl K. Messer | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | June 28, 2019 Imagine you built a school back in 2005. Years go by. Many employees who worked on the project are gone. Their emails are no longer available to review. Most other records are buried somewhere, maybe. The owner has handled maintenance year after year… Continue reading Contractor Liable Thirteen Years After the Fact??
Say What? Statutes of Repose/Limitation May Not Be Defenses in Arbitration?
David K. Taylor and Kyle M. Doiron | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | May 2, 2019 Most private construction contracts contain binding arbitration clauses and apply the “law of the state where the project is located.” While arbitration is less formal than court/litigation, legal defenses are often raised, including whether a claim is barred… Continue reading Say What? Statutes of Repose/Limitation May Not Be Defenses in Arbitration?
Say What? Statutes of Repose/Limitation May Not Be Defenses in Arbitration?
Kyle Doiron and David Taylor | Buildsmart | May 2, 2019 Most private construction contracts contain binding arbitration clauses and apply the “law of the state where the project is located.” While arbitration is less formal than court/litigation, legal defenses are often raised, including whether a claim is barred by a statute of limitation or,… Continue reading Say What? Statutes of Repose/Limitation May Not Be Defenses in Arbitration?
Is Equipment Installed As Part Of Building Renovations A “Product” Or “Construction”?
Joshua Lane | Ahlers Cressman & Sleight | March 20, 2019 A statute of repose terminates the right to file a claim after a specified time even if the injury has not yet occurred.[1] The construction statute of repose bars claims arising from construction, design, or engineering of any improvement upon real property that has… Continue reading Is Equipment Installed As Part Of Building Renovations A “Product” Or “Construction”?