by Kent Holland | Aug 11, 2014 | Newsletter Article
By J. Kent Holland, Esq ConstructionRisk Counsel, PLLC The Utah Supreme Court rejected the multi-employer worksite doctrine as incompatible with the governing Utah statute, holding, “The responsibility for ensuring occupational safety under the governing statute is...
by Kent Holland | Jun 11, 2014 | Newsletter Article, standard of care, time limits
By J. Kent Holland Jr., Esq. Trial court granted summary judgment to an architect, applying a four-year limitations period applicable to injury and wrongful death claims arising out of a “patent deficiency” in design or construction that is “apparent by reasonable...
by Kent Holland | Jun 2, 2014 | Newsletter Article
By James N. Rhodes, Esq. ConstructionRisk Counsel, PLLC The Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s exclusion of expert testimony relating to the violation of state and federal workplace safety regulations, in a negligence action stemming from the fatal...
by Kent Holland | Mar 11, 2013 | Newsletter Article
Where employees were injured when a concrete I-Beam feel from a bridge, their employer destroyed the beam the following day. The Illinois Supreme Court found there was no evidence to support the existence of a duty to preserve the I-beam because (1) there was no...
by Kent Holland | Dec 28, 2012 | Newsletter Article
Approximately four or five years after completion of the Hilton Hotel at the Boston Logan Airport, an employee of the airport authority was electrocuted while attempting to repair an electrical transformer that lacked required wiring diagrams and warning signs. The...
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