Construction contractor entitled to summary judgment where project owner failed to present adequate expert witness testimony to demonstrate the applicable standard of care and that contractor negligence caused damages. Owner argued that Contractor can be held liable...
Architect had contracted with a College District to perform services in accordance with “all applicable … codes, laws, regulations, and professional standards, consistent with the standard of care of an architect experienced in California schools and college...
Does an Additional Insured under a contractor’s commercial general liability (CGL) policy have coverage for claims against the additional insured that aren’t based on allegations of negligent acts or omissions of the named insured contractor? In this decision the...
Employee of a medical center filed a personal injury suit against the building owner and also against the project architect that issued project performance specifications and reviewed contractor shop drawings of component parts proposed by the contractor for cleanout...
Although contract between the general contractor (GC) and project owner required the contractor to assume supervisory and safety responsibility over the project, the contract also required the GC to require its subcontractors to assume the same responsibilities for...
The City of New York filed a breach of contract claim against an architect (Perkins Eastman) that was under contract to the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), claiming it was an intended third party beneficiary of that contract. The state Court of...
General contractor (GC) filed a joinder complaint to join an architect in a suit brought by a subcontractor against the GC based on GC’s failure to grant a change order that was alleged required due to defective plans and specifications. The GC didn’t submit a...
Contractor sued engineer for damages it claimed it sustained as a result of negligent design that the engineer prepared for a project owner. Although an engineering firm could owe a duty to reasonably draft and interpret project specifications and it could be...
Contractor sued its client, the project owner, and sued the construction manager (CM) that was under contract to the owner – alleging that the CM failed in its obligation and duty to oversee and administer the project according to industry standards thereby impeding...
Breach of contract limited warranty was the only legal theory homeowner could pursue against builder. The negligence count was dismissed by the court as being duplicative of the breach of contract count and based on the exact same facts as what constituted the breach...
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