by Kent Holland | Jan 2, 2018 | Newsletter Article
When a subcontractor employee was injured by being struck by pieces of concrete that unexpectedly shot out of a concrete pumping hose, he sued the project construction manager (CM) who had subcontracted the concrete work. Tutor Perini was serving as CM at risk and...
by Kent Holland | Jan 19, 2017 | Newsletter Article
A private engineering firm, under contract to a city to act as the City Engineer, was entitled to have a negligence and nuisance suit against it dismissed based on official or governmental immunity that was extended to it as an agent of the city acting as a “public...
by Kent Holland | Sep 1, 2015 | Newsletter Article
Kent Holland, J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC Where a city retained a private engineering firm to perform the services of “City Engineer,” including to “provide planning, design, and construction related services for public improvement projects.” Acting as city engineer,...
by Kent Holland | Jun 7, 2013 | Newsletter Article
The engineering firm, Arcadis U.S., and several of its employees, asked the court to dismiss a contractor lawsuit against them on the basis that they were immune from suit because they were acting as agents or employees of the City government when making decisions...
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