Architect had contracted with a College District to perform services in accordance with “all applicable … codes, laws, regulations, and professional standards, consistent with the standard of care of an architect experienced in California schools and college...
Statute of Limitations for causes of action for negligent supervision and breach of engineering contract are both deemed professional malpractice claims subject to a three year statute of limitations for negligence actions, and began to run when firm completed its...
By: Greyling Insurance Brokerage & Risk Consulting In this report, Greyling Insurance Brokerage outlines the insurance coverage applicable to various claims that could arise in connection with coronavirus (COVID-19) and the likelihood of recovery with respect to...
By: Greyling Insurance Brokerage & Risk Consulting Before a professional consulting firm agrees to assist its client with issues related to the COVID-19 crisis, a key question to answer is whether the firm will be insured for such services. This report by...
While a declaratory judgment action was pending to decide whether a CGL insurance carrier owed a duty to defend and indemnify a contractor against claims by its client, a marina, for damages arising out of defective work, the contractor and marina entered into what is...
Under the Colorado asbestos regulations applicable single family residential construction, a contractor owed no duty to inspect the premises for asbestos before beginning construction. Absent such a duty under the statutes or regulations, the court considered and...
Alleging shoddy workmanship, fear that its contractor wouldn’t finish the project, and a lack of detailed accounting under the cost-plus contract, the owner made only a partial payment on a draw requested by the contractor. Contractor and its subcontractors filed...
A contractor prevailed under the differing site conditions (DSC) clause of a highway bridge construction contract by meeting the requirements of the so-called Stuyvesant test, which requires a contractor to prove that “(1) the conditions indicated in the contract...
A contractor filed a request for equitable adjustment (REA) to the District of Columbia (D.C.) government asserting that the District caused $1.2 million in delay and impact costs, and other damages arising out of a road reconstruction project. It appealed a deemed...
In a decision we previously reported on (see our article link), a federal district court granted summary judgment to two engineering firms, concluding as a matter of law that the allegations in the complaint did not raise questions of negligence to be determined by...
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