by Kent Holland | Dec 31, 2010 | Newsletter Article
The California Court of Appeals issued an important opinion regarding UDC v CH2M Hill affecting construction professionals. The decision is the first of its kind to interpret a design professional’s duty to defend under an indemnity agreement in light of the...
by Kent Holland | Dec 31, 2010 | Newsletter Article
On October 30, 2009, the DC Superior Court confirmed an August 17, 2009 arbitration award issued by a three-member arbitration panel in New Athens Generating Co. et al. v. Bechtel Power Corp. et al. The Panel awarded $26,950,000 in liquidated damages against the...
by Kent Holland | Dec 31, 2010 | Newsletter Article
P. Douglas Folk, Esq. – Folk and Associates, P.C. I am very pleased to report the Arizona Supreme Court’s favorable decision in the Flagstaff Affordable Housing L.P. v. Design Alliance, Inc. case 2010 WL 476683 (Arizona, February 12, 2010). ACEC Arizona, AIA...
by Kent Holland | Dec 31, 2010 | Newsletter Article
An individual who was employee of Company X, a firm that contracted with the project owner to perform electrical work at a construction site, fell from a forklift being operated by a project superintendant employed by a Construction Manager (Company Y) who was under...
by Kent Holland | Dec 31, 2010 | Newsletter Article
Where an architectural firm was sued by multiple plaintiffs for bodily injuries and property damage resulting from the collapse in 2003 of a parking garage it designed for the Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City , its commercial general liability (CGL) carriers...
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