by Kent Holland | Aug 5, 2026 | Current Issue:, Newsletter Article
Where a homeowner hired a contractor to install a stucco-like exterior to her newly built home, the contractor stopped work after completing only the first of two coats of stucco and the owner hired a new contractor 18 months later to complete the job. The delay...
by Kent Holland | Jul 28, 2026 | Newsletter Article
The gross disproportionality rule may apply in a breach of a construction contract dispute. Gross disproportionality is calculated by using the diminution in value approach, which measures the difference in value between what is built (the value of the...
by Kent Holland | Dec 16, 2025 | Newsletter Article
A homeowner filed suit against the contractor that constructed its home and was awarded damages by a trial court of $425,000. That judgment was reversed on appeal with the court holding that no testimony was presented by homeowner’s expert as to the amount of the...
by Kent Holland | Mar 20, 2020 | Newsletter Article
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...
by Kent Holland | Aug 11, 2014 | Newsletter Article
By J. Kent Holland Jr., Esq. ConstructionRisk Counsel, PLLC Where a condominium association filed suit against the Architect that designed certain repairs for balconies, summary judgment was properly granted to the architect on the basis that previous arbitration by...
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