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General Contractors Duty of Care

Hanson Bridgett

Taking Responsibility: Who’s At Fault? Lorenzo Court Says Everyone

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A recent court ruling raises questions and concerns over the scope of liability owners and contractors may face when a subcontractor's employee is involved in an off-site accident during the course of construction. ...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Uncharted Territory: Are Geotechnical Inspectors Liable to Non-Contracting Parties – Including Property Owners?

Historically in California, professional negligence cases were limited to parties who had contracted with each other. The theory was that if a professional didn't have a contract with the plaintiff, then the professional did...more

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Asbestos/Duty of Care: Connecticut Court Addresses Construction Project/Liability Issues

The Superior Court of Connecticut (Judicial District of Hartford) (“Court”) addressed in a September 30th opinion certain issues arising in an asbestos exposure case. See Julian Poce, et al., v. O&G Industries, Inc., et al.,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Sox Are ‘Slippery When Wet’: Contractor May be Liable for Injury Caused by Work Installed According to Customer Specifications

An Illinois appellate court recently addressed the scope of negligence liability for a slip and fall injury on a newly installed roof at the Chicago White Sox Stadium. In 2013, a maintenance employee slipped on the roof at...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Florida Courts Consider Control, Not Contractual Privity, for Negligence Claims Against Design Professionals - Construction and...

Though many states require a contractor to hold a contract directly with a design professional to pursue a claim against a designer for design omissions or defects, a recent case confirms that, in Florida, contractual privity...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

The 2017 AIA Changes that Matter to Owners

Last time, we discussed how some of the 2017 revisions to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) form design and construction contracts benefit general contractors. Such revisions added clarity to provisions concerning...more

Williams Mullen

2016: A Busy Year for the Supreme Court of Virginia, Including 2 Significant Decisions for the Construction Industry

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If you are a design professional providing services in Virginia, or a general contractor on a public works project for the Commonwealth of Virginia, you need to know of two Virginia Supreme Court decisions in 2016. You ask...more

Cozen O'Connor

OSHA Compliance – It’s Not Just About OSHA

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Most businesses, particularly outside of construction or manufacturing, have probably not been the subject of an OSHA audit or may not have had much involvement with OSHA issues. This is due in large part to the small size of...more

K&L Gates LLP

High Court Finds No Duty of Care From Builder to Owners Corporation

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The High Court has held that a builder of a serviced apartment complex does not owe a duty of care in negligence for financial loss arising from defects in common property to an owner's corporation (Brookfield Case). ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Principal Architects on Residential Projects Liable for Construction Defects Outside Their Control; Developers and Owners May Pay...

On July 3, 2014, the California Supreme Court decided the much watched case Beacon Residential Community Assoc. v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP. The court held that the “principal architect” “owes a duty of care to future...more

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