by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
When an oral surgeon hired a contractor to construct his office and was unable to use part of the finished office due problems with the floors, he sued the contractor for damages, including loss of profits. The court held that the possibility that there would be lost...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
In an insurance case arising out a church fire, a state supreme court held that Reliance National, and other insurance carriers of the church, were not entitled to subrogate against the contractor whose employee allegedly caused the fire, because a waiver of...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
By Daven G. Lowhurst Thelen Reid & Priest LLP October 3, 2005 The Issue The California Supreme Court has single-handedly altered the contractual expectations of parties to thousands of contracts governed by California law. For many years, parties to a wide variety...
by Kent Holland | Jul 18, 2011 | Newsletter Article
January 2007 Summary judgment was correctly awarded against a homeowner that claimed it was entitled to coverage under its homeowner policy for damages arising out of mold growth that occurred as a result of construction defects that caused serious water leakage...
by Kent Holland | Dec 15, 2011 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
In a wrongful death action brought by the estate of an electrician against a project owner and its architect, the owner made a cross claim for indemnification and contribution against the Architect. That claim was dismissed pursuant to a motion for summary judgment,...
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