by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2016 | economic loss doctrine, Newsletter Article
This dispute concerned Pennsylvania’s application of the Economic Loss Doctrine and its interpretation of the exception allowed by Section 552 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts. Gongloff Contracting, L.L.C., (“Gongloff”) was a second-tier subcontractor on a...
by Kent Holland | Dec 23, 2015 | Newsletter Article
J. Kent Holland, Esq. A subsequent (non-original) homeowner may not bring a negligence suit against a homebuilder for economic losses arising from latent construction defects when there has been no physical injury to persons or property. The builder’s violation of a...
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 | Feb 23, 2015 | Newsletter Article
By: Gail S. Kelley, P.E., Esq., ConstructionRisk Counsel, PLLC Where a condominium homeowners’ association brought claims for breach of implied warranty and negligence against the general contractor that built the condominiums, but not the developer who engaged the...
by Kent Holland | Jan 14, 2015 | economic loss doctrine, Newsletter Article
Where a condominium association filed suit asserting negligence claims against the general contractor that built the complex, alleging defective workmanship including deficient masonry work and use of unauthorized black building paper in place of specified...
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