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Notice of Claim Requirement Flows Down from Prime Agreement and is Strictly Applied to Disallow Subcontractor Claim

by Kent Holland | Feb 20, 2017 | Newsletter Article

Where an elevator subcontractor filed a breach of contract claim against the general contractor for damages resulting from delay to the performance of the work, the general contractor moved for summary judgment on the basis that the subcontractor failed to comply with...

Only Jury (and not the trial judge) Can Use the Parties’ Course of Dealings to Determine the Meaning of an Ambiguous Contract

by Kent Holland | Dec 23, 2015 | Newsletter Article

J. Kent Holland, J.D. A trial court erred when it considered the course of dealings of the parties to determine the meaning of a design professional contract, and then issued a jury instruction advising the jury that the contract was not ambiguous. As a result, a $2...

Where Flow-Down Clause Limits Incorporation Of The Design-Build Prime Contract, Allocation of Liability In The Subcontract Will Govern

by Kent Holland | Dec 7, 2015 | Newsletter Article

Gail S. Kelley, P.E., J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC In February 2002, the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino in New Mexico (Owner) contracted with Centex/Worthgroup, LLC (Centex) for a design-build expansion and renovation project. Centex then subcontracted with...

Contracts for Design Professionals – 4

by Kent Holland | Nov 16, 2014 | Contracts for Design Professionals

Contract Guide and Course for Design Professionals – module 4 of 9. An AIA Continuing Education registered course. Discussion of the following contract areas: incorporation by reference, indemnification clause, contractual liability, and insurance.  Course...

Indemnification Clause in Prime Contract is not Incorporated by Reference into Subcontract Under New York Law in Absence of Express Agreement to Do So

by Kent Holland | Mar 5, 2013 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article

Where an employee of an electrical sub-subcontractor was injured on the jobsite, he sued the project developer, the prime contractor, and others.  Those firms in turn filed a third-party claim against the sub-sub claiming the right to common law indemnity as well as...
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