by Kent Holland | Oct 25, 2013 | Newsletter Article
A construction contractor under contract to a city housing authority was not barred by the economic loss doctrine from pursuing a negligence claim against the architect that designed the project under separate contract with the owner. This is because under New Jersey...
by Kent Holland | May 16, 2013 | Newsletter Article, third party claims
A design professional has been held to owe a third party condominium unit purchaser a duty of care in the performance of its professional services for the developer despite language in the design professional contract stating otherwise. The court relied on both the...
by Kent Holland | Mar 29, 2013 | Newsletter Article
Under Louisiana law, a federal district court held that the general contractor, on a public contract to build a warehouse, could sue the owner’s project engineer for negligence based on allegations that the contractor’s ability to perform its obligations to the Owner...
by Kent Holland | Mar 29, 2013 | Newsletter Article
Where a structural steel subcontractor filed suit against the project owner’s architect, alleging that the architect’s plans and specifications were defective and caused delays that economically damaged the contractor, a trial court applied the economic loss doctrine...
by Kent Holland | Feb 8, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Where a contractor on a school renovation project applied adhesives not knowing that they contained asbestos, it sued the material supplier of the material to recover its costs of tearing out and replacing the materials. The supplier’s commercial general...
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