by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
When a property purchaser discovered pollution on its newly acquired property it filed suit against the seller and the seller agreed to pay certain cleanup costs. But the seller subsequently reorganized its corporate structure and asserted the cleanup costs could not...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
by Allan H. Goodman Mediation is often used to resolve disputes arising during performance of construction contracts. Mediation is the non-binding, cooperative process in which parties to a dispute select a neutral third party, the mediator, to help them resolve their...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
By: Andrew B. Cohn, Esq. A very recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion (January 2005) has significantly changed Pennsylvania law, allowing a general contractor to directly sue an architect in negligence for additional construction costs caused by defective plans,...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Contractor that performed significantly greater unit quantities of paving work than anticipated was barred from an equitable adjustment because although it adequately documented the increased quantities and costs, and the project owner was aware of the same, the...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Where a subcontractor submitted a claim against the general contractor for payment, it submitted the matter to arbitration and the general contractor replied with a counterclaim in that arbitration and also initiated a third-party arbitration claim against a related...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Contractor that entered into a number of change orders for additional payments from the project owner (U.S. Navy) was barred from claiming entitlement to additional compensation when the Government subsequently terminated since each of the change orders contained...
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