by Kent Holland | Nov 5, 2020 | Newsletter Article
Brasfield & Gorrie LLC (Brasfield) was a general contractor (GC) hired by Fritz Farm Retail Company, LLC to construct The Summit at Fritz Farm, a multi-use development. Brasfield entered into a subcontract with Harrod Concrete and Stone Co. (Harrod), for Harrod...
by Kent Holland | Sep 25, 2020 | Newsletter Article
About a year after building a new home, the owners noticed cracks forming in the foundation and walls. They learned that the soil under the house was unstable. They then filed suit against the geotechnical services firm that ten years previously authored a...
by Kent Holland | Aug 11, 2020 | Newsletter Article
Where a subcontractor on a construction project sued another subcontractor on that project for $1 million in delay damages caused by negligence, it was held that the economic loss doctrine prohibited the suit. Although the subcontractors had no contractual privity,...
by Kent Holland | Feb 25, 2020 | Newsletter Article
A homeowner’s house developed large cracks in its foundation and walls due to settling, lateral movement of the foundation, and an unstable slope of the building lot. It filed suit against a geotechnical engineering firm that had ten years earlier prepared a site...
by Kent Holland | Jun 19, 2019 | Newsletter Article
A dispute arose among a second tier-subcontractor, a first tier-subcontractor and the prime contractor on a U.S. Naval Shipyard project in Maine. It was resolved through arbitration. The second-tier sub then filed litigation in court against Stantec Consulting...
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