Does an Additional Insured under a contractor’s commercial general liability (CGL) policy have coverage for claims against the additional insured that aren’t based on allegations of negligent acts or omissions of the named insured contractor? In this decision the...
Design-Builder of a bridge sued its engineer subconsultant for costs allegedly attributed to errors in preliminary designs and cost/quantity estimates provided under the terms of a Teaming Agreement. Following a bench trial, the court rejected most of the...
Figg Bridge Engineers, Inc. (“FIGG”) and Munilla Construction Management, LLC (“MCM”) contracted to design and construct a pedestrian bridge on the Florida International University campus. The bridge collapsed, killing and injuring several people. Lawsuits followed....
A condominium sustained $3 million in fire damage when a portable electric generator on a truck owned by its roofing repair contractor malfunctioned. The truck was parked in the condo garage despite contract language expressly prohibiting that. The condo property...
The “acceptance doctrine” was applied in a negligent construction tort case to dismiss a homeowner suit against the contractor that built the original homeowner. The new homeowner purchased the home under an “as is” agreement and soon after purchase discovered...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) incorrectly interpreted and applied contract specifications to require a contractor to do high grade drywall finishing in the plenum above walls and in the plenum below floors – areas that would never be seen by the public. A...
A prime contractor failed to timely submit subcontractor change orders to the project owner, thereby depriving subcontractor of compensation for additional work. This constituted a bad faith breach of the prime contractor’s duty to the subcontractor. This entitled the...
When an employee of a landscape subcontractor was injured in a crane accident he sued the project’s roofing contractor (“KJC”) and the architect, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (“SOM”). Architect was entitled to summary judgment to enforce the indemnity clause in the...
Employee of a medical center filed a personal injury suit against the building owner and also against the project architect that issued project performance specifications and reviewed contractor shop drawings of component parts proposed by the contractor for cleanout...
Where project owner chose not to terminate contractor for failing to substantially complete project by contractually established deadline, but permitted late completion, this did not waive entitlement to recover delay damages. McPherson Builders, Inc. v. Performance...
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