A design professional has been held to owe a third party condominium unit purchaser a duty of care in the performance of its professional services for the developer despite language in the design professional contract stating otherwise. The court relied on both the...
In a case decided last year by the Court of Appeals of Texas (Black + Vernooy Architects v. Smith), it was held that an Architect could be liable to a young woman who fell 20 feet and sustained permanent injuries when she fell from a balcony due to defective...
By: J. Kent Holland, Jr. A Design/Builder that was sued by project owner for alleged design and construction defects was barred from bringing a third party claim or separate legal action against its subcontractor architect, because the AIA sub-contract document...
When a design-build engineering firm filed suit in federal court against its construction subcontractor for breach of contract, the subcontractor filed a Third-Party Complaint against one of its suppliers for contribution and indemnity. The supplier filed a motion to...
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