A city filed suit against an engineering subcontractor, asserting that the city was a third-party beneficiary of the subcontract. The subcontractor filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the city lacked privity of contract to file suit. The motion was...
Gail S. Kelley, J.D., P.E. ConstructionRisk, LLC In an effort to revitalize a waterfront area along Lake Michigan, the City of Whiting, Indiana hired an engineering firm to design a lakefront park and marina. The Engineer, in turn, hired a Subconsultant to serve as...
Kent Holland, J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC Where the developer of an apartment complex filed suit as an intended beneficiary under the contract between a window manufacturer and one of the subcontractors on the project, the trial court denied the manufacturer’s demurrer...
Subcontractor suit was permitted against a project owner as well as an officer of the project owner in his individual capacity for negligent misrepresentation on the basis that the project owner had represented the General Contractor to be acting on behalf of the...
After a project owner terminated its prime contractor and paid an outstanding invoice owed to the subcontractor, it subsequently filed suit against the subcontractor alleging negligent construction and breach of contract. Summary judgment was granted, and affirmed on...
J. Kent Holland A professional employed by a town to inspect the construction of a subdivision does not owe a duty of care to a developer or its contractor with whom the professional has no contractual relationship where it was not foreseeable and reasonable for the...
Where the federal government contracting officer issued a contract modification to the prime contract to require the government to issue a two-party check jointly to the prime and a subcontractor that had complained about not being paid, the subcontractor had rights...
Where Contractor’s insurance carrier brought a subrogation action against the project’s design professional for negligent performance, including failure to prepare contract drawings and specifications in a manner “fully coordinated for bidding by the various...
Where engineering firm was retained by the owner of a beryllium plant to perform “stack testing”, it found that beryllium emissions significantly exceeded allowable limits of the EPA, and the engineer so advised its client. It did not report the findings to any...
Where the project architect sued the construction manager (CM), asserting that that the CM negligently performance its services and thereby impacted the architect’s services, costs, fees, and profits, the court held that the contract between the CM and owner did not...
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