by Kent Holland | Sep 1, 2015 | Newsletter Article
Kent Holland, J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC Where a city retained a private engineering firm to perform the services of “City Engineer,” including to “provide planning, design, and construction related services for public improvement projects.” Acting as city engineer,...
by Kent Holland | Sep 1, 2015 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
Kent Holland ConstructionRisk, LLC On a condominium project, where an indemnification clause on its face made a subcontractor responsible for indemnifying the prime contractor for damages caused “in whole or in part” by the subcontractor, it was held that the state’s...
by Kent Holland | Sep 1, 2015 | Newsletter Article
Gail S. Kelley, J.D., PE ConstructionRisk, LLC In a dispute arising from defective concrete, State Ready Mix, Inc. v. Moffatt & Nichol, 232 Cal.App.4th 1227 (2015), the Appeals court found that the economic loss doctrine barred the concrete supplier’s claim...
by Kent Holland | Aug 18, 2015 | Newsletter Article
Gail S. Kelley, P.E., J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC Where the employee of a roofing subcontractor died after falling from the roof of a Walmart being constructed in Nebraska, Walmart was not liable for the worker’s death under any of the exceptions to the...
by Kent Holland | Aug 18, 2015 | Newsletter Article
Kent Holland ConstructionRisk, LLC Where homeowners retained an inspection firm to investigate the cause of their leaky roof, the inspector issued a report stating that the roof had been installed years earlier over fiberboard roof insulation that was soaking wet,...
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