by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Statutes in several states require that law suits against design professionals be accompanied by an affidavit of merit by an expert, attesting there is a reasonable probability that the defendant did not exercise the requisite standard of care. The issue to be decided...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
In Traub v. Crawford & Company, et al., No. 1995-153-C-153 (Pa. Comm. Pls., Lehigh Cty.), plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Traub, made a claim for storm damage in 1994 to their insurer, Great American Insurance Companies (“Great American”). Great American retained an...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
When an architect’s drawings were used to complete a project by a different architect when the original project developer transferred the project to a new developer, the original architect successfully sued the new developer for the unauthorized use of his design...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
One of the industries hardest hit in the aftermath of September 11 is the insurance industry. It is estimated that the insurance claims associated with the events of September 11 will approach, if not exceed $45 billion, which, by anyone’s measure, is the largest...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Companies have good reasons to preserve e-mail and other electronic records for a specific period. And also good reasons to destroy records at the end of that period. But preservation entails more than simply storing information on computers, disks and tapes—and...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
If you think the only people or companies that suffer criminal penalty under environmental laws are big-time operators that cause terrible pollution, you should consider what happened to a contractor and subcontractor that were demolishing a building and constructing...
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