by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article, standard of care
An employee of a project owner sued the engineer and contractor for injuries he sustained when he fell through a partially open hatch door on the mezzanine level of a catwalk in his employer’s production area. He claimed that the engineer (CRS Sirrine) was...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
When an employee of a contractor was injured on a job site, he sued the owner on the theory that by employing a safety employee for the job site the owner had assumed control and responsibility for the site. The plaintiff, worker, testified that before he was injured...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
When two workers that were trapped and drowned in a collapse trench, a general contractor and its president were indicted by a Grand Jury for manslaughter, negligent homicide and reckless endangerment. The facts as described by the court are these: The general...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Risk to the project architect/engineer (A/E) can be caused when its client (the project owner) provides it insufficient, incomplete, or inaccurate information upon which it relies. Agreements between the A/E and its client should identify data and information to be...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
Pursuant to the indemnity clause of its lease agreement with a landowner (Washington Street Investments (WSI), the Goettl Air Conditioning Company (Goettl) agreed to indemnify WSI for all damages caused in whole or in part by Goettl’s negligence. When one of...
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