by Kent Holland | Apr 21, 2021 | Newsletter Article
A county retained an engineer to design a wastewater treatment plant, and under separate contract the county hired a construction contractor to build the plant. Part of the design called for two pumps. After construction, the pumps failed, and the concrete floor in...
by Kent Holland | May 29, 2020 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
Statute of Limitations for causes of action for negligent supervision and breach of engineering contract are both deemed professional malpractice claims subject to a three year statute of limitations for negligence actions, and began to run when firm completed its...
by Kent Holland | Mar 20, 2020 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
In a decision we previously reported on (see our article link), a federal district court granted summary judgment to two engineering firms, concluding as a matter of law that the allegations in the complaint did not raise questions of negligence to be determined by...
by Kent Holland | Sep 19, 2019 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
When an employee of a landscape subcontractor was injured in a crane accident he sued the project’s roofing contractor (“KJC”) and the architect, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (“SOM”). Architect was entitled to summary judgment to enforce the indemnity clause in the...
by Kent Holland | Aug 13, 2019 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
Subcontractor’s employee was injured by falling into an expansion joint in a concrete floor that the prime contractor failed to adequately cover with plywood. This employee sued the prime contractor for his injuries. An indemnification clause in the subcontract...
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