by Kent Holland | Oct 29, 2013 | Newsletter Article
Subcontractor suit was permitted against a project owner as well as an officer of the project owner in his individual capacity for negligent misrepresentation on the basis that the project owner had represented the General Contractor to be acting on behalf of the...
by Kent Holland | Nov 27, 2012 | Newsletter Article
When a tower crane collapsed in New York City, killing seven people, injuring dozens more, and damaging several buildings, the contractor that was operating the crane was denied coverage by it’s excess liability carrier for several distinct reasons. The first reason...
by Kent Holland | Mar 16, 2012 | Newsletter Article
An engineer who was retained by its client to design and construct anaerobic digesters to process cattle manure and paper sludge was sued by its client when the system failed to process the amount of sludge and produce the amount of electricity per day that engineer...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Where a contractor timely completed a construction contract for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and accepted payment which included changes required by the Corps, the contractor was barred from later filing a claim for additional compensation. The claim was barred...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
By: Andrew B. Cohn, Esq. A very recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion (January 2005) has significantly changed Pennsylvania law, allowing a general contractor to directly sue an architect in negligence for additional construction costs caused by defective plans,...
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