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Marshall Dennehey

Fourth District Court of Appeal Rules Policy Endorsement Prevails Over Main Policy in Case of Conflict

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Colony Insurance Company v. Titan Restoration Construction, Inc., Fla. 4th DCA, No. 4D2023-2908, January 8, 2025 - Colony Insurance Company’s insurance policy with the general contracting company, Titan Restoration...more

Frantz Ward LLP

Stick to Supervision: Best Practices For General Contractors to Avoid Liability Under the “Doctrine of Active Participation”

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It has long been established under Ohio law that a construction site is an inherently dangerous workplace and a subcontractor who works at a construction site is engaging in inherently dangerous work. Generally, Ohio law...more

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The Prevalence and Challenges of Loss of Productivity Claims in Today’s Construction Industry

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Losses of labor productivity issues and claims seem to have taken on more prominence in the last few years due to labor shortages, material shortages, and the quickly changing economics and supply change issues affecting the...more

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The Design Liability Hot Potato: The Spectrum Between Collaboration and Delegated Design

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The Benefits of Collaboration - In today’s construction industry, it is no secret that there is always increasing pressure to speed up schedules and to keep costs down. One key factor that can help achieve these goals is to...more

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The Saiber Construction Law Column: April 2023

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Under New Jersey law, parties who hire independent contractor are not responsible for harm that occurs to the contractor’s employees as a result of the very work that the employee was hired to perform. In September 2022, the...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Massachusetts Federal Court: Contractor and Contractor's Owner Personally Liable for Fraud and Conversion for Failing to Pay...

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A recent decision from the United States District Court for Massachusetts held a contractor and its owner personally liable for failing to pay a subcontractor and held that the contractor was liable for millions in damages to...more

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New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - June 2021

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First Department Finds Exterior Work Over Two Stories Exclusion Did Not Apply To Accident From Work On Lower Floors- Adelphi University hired a general contractor for a construction project to build, from the ground up, a...more

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NY Amends Proposed Construction Industry Wage Law, But Burden On Contractors Remains

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New York appears poised to enact a modified version of legislation that would create potential liability for general contractors when their subcontractors fail to properly pay their employees. As noted in our prior...more

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

California and Maryland Have Enacted Legislation Essentially Making The General Contractor the Guarantor for All Wages on the...

It’s been said that as California goes, so goes the nation. If so, general contractors throughout the country may soon be taking on more responsibility for the unpaid wages of the workers on their construction projects than...more

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New Law Holds Contractors Liable for Subcontractors’ Non-Payment of Wages

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Assembly Bill 1701 (AB 1701) provides a “direct contractor” is liable for the wages, benefits and contributions (plus interest) owed by its subcontractor(s), even if the subcontractor has been paid for the work. A “direct...more

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