by Kent Holland | Aug 16, 2022 | Newsletter Article
In an important decision, the Supreme Court of Arizona held that design professionals that lack privity of contract with project owners owe no duty to reimburse those owners for purely economic losses. This is a reversal of the 1984 decision in Donnelly Construction...
by Kent Holland | Dec 29, 2020 | Newsletter Article
A highway contractor controlling traffic on a road on which it is performing construction owes a duty of care to a motorist who was rear-ended when forced to stop behind a car that wasn’t able to turn left at an intersection where traffic was backed up and stopped due...
by Kent Holland | Mar 26, 2019 | Newsletter Article
Although contract between the general contractor (GC) and project owner required the contractor to assume supervisory and safety responsibility over the project, the contract also required the GC to require its subcontractors to assume the same responsibilities for...
by Kent Holland | Jan 22, 2019 | Newsletter Article
Construction contractor was prohibited by contract from suing the project engineer for damages it claims were sustained as a result of the engineer’s alleged professional negligence in the interpretation and application of the plans and specifications of the project....
by Kent Holland | Jan 22, 2019 | Newsletter Article
Professional Construction Manager is not a guarantor of work performed by a construction contractor who is under separate contract to the project owner even though it agreed to “make sure the construction work is performed properly.” The owner was entitled to recover...
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