Attorney's Fees, Construction Defects, General Contractors

General Contract May Be Entitled to Award of Attorneys’ Fees Against Subcontractor, Despite Jury’s Apportionment of Damages

Marshall Dennehey on 4/30/2025

Babin Builders and Development Inc. v. Quinones, Fla. 1st DCA, No. 1D2022-4103, February 12, 2025 - For construction defect litigation, many times we are called into action to defend a subcontractor who has been included as a...more

Construction Defect Damages May Exceed Cost To Repair

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 10/13/2021

Construction defect cases often involve damage claims beyond simply the cost to repair the allegedly defective unit or component. These consequential damages may include damages for loss of use, expenses for mitigation and...more

Maryland Federal Court Upholds Contractual Indemnity Clause and Awards Judgment Interest and Attorneys Fees in Masonry Suit

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/21/2019

Skanska USA Building, Inc. v. J.D. Long Masonry, Inc., No. 1:16-cv-00933, 2019 BL 336852, (D. Md. Sept. 9, 2019) - On September 9, 2019, a Maryland federal court awarded Skanska USA Building, Inc. (“Skanska”) compensatory...more

Arizona Purchaser Dwelling Actions Are Subject to a New Construction

White and Williams LLP on 6/12/2019

Arizona recently amended its Purchaser Dwelling Action statute to, among other things, involve all contractors in the process, establish the parties’ burdens of proof, add an attorney fees provision, establish procedural...more

Supreme Court of Idaho Rules That Substantial Compliance With the Notice and Opportunity to Repair Act Suffices to Bring Suit

White and Williams LLP on 7/11/2018

In Davison v. Debest Plumbing, Inc., 416 P.3d 943 (Ida. 2018), the Supreme Court of Idaho addressed the issue of whether plaintiffs who provided actual notice of a defective condition, but not written notice as stated in the...more

Attorney's Fees › Construction Defects › General Contractors

General Contract May Be Entitled to Award of Attorneys’ Fees Against Subcontractor, Despite Jury’s Apportionment of Damages

Construction Defect Damages May Exceed Cost To Repair

Maryland Federal Court Upholds Contractual Indemnity Clause and Awards Judgment Interest and Attorneys Fees in Masonry Suit

Arizona Purchaser Dwelling Actions Are Subject to a New Construction

Supreme Court of Idaho Rules That Substantial Compliance With the Notice and Opportunity to Repair Act Suffices to Bring Suit

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