by Kent Holland | May 6, 2014 | Newsletter Article
Kent Holland, Esq. and James Rhodes, Esq. A federal court in Maryland granted the dismissal of several counts against the builder of a residential home in Maryland due to a contractually agreed upon shortening of the time otherwise available to file suit . The...
by Kent Holland | Oct 28, 2013 | limitation of liability clause, Newsletter Article
Where a limitation of liability clause in a design professional contract would limit a homeowner’s claim against its designer to the total fee for services, the plaintiff sought to avoid the affects of the clause by asserting that the designer had acted with gross...
by Kent Holland | Oct 28, 2013 | limitation of liability clause, Newsletter Article
An architect’s contract containing a limitation of liability clause (LoL) was enforced to grant a partial summary judgment limiting the architect’s liability to $70,000 in the face of a $4.2 million claim for damages due to structural problems that required a nearly...
by Kent Holland | Jun 7, 2013 | Newsletter Article
By: J. Keith Ramsey and Monte S. Starr, Holland & Knight LLP Ever since Moransais v. Heathman, 744 So. 2d 973 (Fla. 1999), Florida courts have recognized that individual professionals could be held liable to third parties for their negligence in the performance...
by Kent Holland | Oct 31, 2012 | Newsletter Article, standard of care
Suit was filed by an entity with an ownership interest in the project against two engineering firms that were subcontractors to one of the engineering firms that the general contractor (GC) contracted with to provide design services for a thermal energy system (an...
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