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Implied Contract Allows Subcontractor to make claim directly against project Owner for Unjust Enrichment and Get Around Pay-if-Paid Clause

by Kent Holland | Apr 3, 2018 | Newsletter Article

Pay-if-paid clauses are held by this decision to be enforceable in the state of Kentucky.   This, however, did not prevent a subcontractor from recovering its costs for performing extra work. The pay-if-paid clause of a subcontract prevented the subcontractor from...

Economic Loss Rule Bars Concrete Supplier’s Claim Against Design Engineer

by Kent Holland | Sep 1, 2015 | Newsletter Article

Gail S. Kelley, J.D., PE ConstructionRisk, LLC In a dispute arising from defective concrete, State Ready Mix, Inc. v. Moffatt & Nichol, 232 Cal.App.4th 1227 (2015), the Appeals court found that the economic loss doctrine barred the concrete supplier’s claim...

Contractor Cannot Recover for Extra Work Performed without Change Order Approved by Authorized Officials

by Kent Holland | Jan 12, 2012 | Newsletter Article

A design-build contractor that entered into a fixed-price contract to upgrade the heating, air conditioning and ventilation (HVAC) system in college dormitories satisfactorily performed all the work it was contracted to do, but also performed significant additional...

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