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Segal McCambridge

Third DCA Reaffirms the Longstanding Playbook on Contract Damages

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Must damages be based on the cost of repair at the time of the breach? What is the time of breach? A recent Florida appellate case might have the answer to these questions. Bandklayder Development, LLC v. Sabga introduces key...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

City’s Termination for Convenience Found in Breach of Contract

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A recent Tenth Circuit ruling in an appeal successfully defended by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck affirmed a lower court judgment arising from a termination for convenience. This decision serves as support to contractors...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Second Circuit: No-Damages-For-Delay Clause Bars Claim

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently applied a no-damages-for-delay provision to affirm the dismissal of a demolition contractor’s breach of contract claims. The project involved reconstructing and raising the Bayonne...more

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Court Affirms Dismissal of Subcontractor’s Wrongful Termination Counterclaim and Clarifies Scope of Upcoming Trial on Damages

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Back in April we examined the court’s decision in Boldt v. Black & Veatch, which dismissed a subcontractor’s counterclaim for wrongful termination on a 60-turbine wind farm project. As you may recall, the subcontractor hired...more

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General damages for delay: capped, or uncapped?

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Does a liquidated damages clause which has been found to be void and / or unenforceable nevertheless operate to limit a contractor's liability for general damages for delay? This issue was decided in two recent cases – one...more

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Casting the First Stone: Contractors Considering Default Termination Should Examine Which Party Committed First Material Breach -...

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During a construction project, circumstances may arise that lead a general contractor to consider termination of a subcontractor’s right to proceed under the subcontract. The Randy Kinder Excavating v. J.A. Manning...more

Carlton Fields

Construction Case Law Update - July 2015

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Involuntary Dismissal of Counterclaims – In a suit between a developer and general contractor, the trial court erred in dismissing the general contractor’s counterclaims, without a motion by the developer, before the...more

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