by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Owner had no duty to make prompt payment to its construction contractor even though the architect’s refusal to certify final payment was based on an incorrect understanding of the specifications of the construction contract. The “topsoil”...
by Kent Holland | Feb 8, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Where the project architect knew there was no payment bond and that subcontractor was not being paid, yet continued to certify payments to the general contractor and reduced the amount of retainage, it could be liable for breach of duty to use reasonable care to...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
A subcontractor worked on a project for five months without being paid and then sued the A/E for negligence, claiming that the A/E owed it a duty, as a third party beneficiary, to assure that the contractor maintained a payment bond or paid the subcontractor before...
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