by Kent Holland | Jun 10, 2013 | Newsletter Article
Summary Judgment must be granted to Architect against Contractor’s suit that claimed Architect tortuously interfered with its contract by recommending that the project owner terminate the contractor for default. The architect based its recommendation on what it...
by Kent Holland | Jun 7, 2013 | Newsletter Article
The engineering firm, Arcadis U.S., and several of its employees, asked the court to dismiss a contractor lawsuit against them on the basis that they were immune from suit because they were acting as agents or employees of the City government when making decisions...
by Kent Holland | Jun 7, 2013 | Newsletter Article
Subrogation lawsuit by prime contractor’s CGL insurance carrier against Subcontractor’s CGL carrier for failing to defend the prime was properly dismissed on summary judgment because “no conceivable interpretation of the complaints in the lawsuits at issue here could...
by Kent Holland | Jun 7, 2013 | Newsletter Article
An arbitration decision in a case between an Owner/developer and its construction contractor did not create collateral estoppel that would bar the developer from seeking to recover damages from its architectural firm in a separate, later action in court. Arbitration...
by Kent Holland | Jun 7, 2013 | Newsletter Article
By: J. Keith Ramsey and Monte S. Starr, Holland & Knight LLP Ever since Moransais v. Heathman, 744 So. 2d 973 (Fla. 1999), Florida courts have recognized that individual professionals could be held liable to third parties for their negligence in the performance...
by Kent Holland | Jun 7, 2013 | Newsletter Article
By: Andrew E. Mishkin, Robert A. Prentice – Duane Morris LLP. Because many parties enter into teaming agreements under the assumption that they are enforceable agreements, it may be worthwhile for those parties to consider the implications of the Cyberlock decision...
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