Court Affirms that Indemnification Clauses Traditionally Used and Interpreted as Extending Only to Third-Party Claims – Cannot be Used for First Party Damages from Breach of Contract

by | Jul 26, 2017 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article

By: J. Kent Holland, Jr. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed a U.S. District Court decision that granted summary judgment to an engineer, holding that the statute of limitations had run on a breach of contract action, and the...

Statute of Repose Period Began to Run Only When Contractors Substantially Completed the last of their Overall Project Work Rather than the Date When Defective Materials Were Installed and Accepted for Beneficial Use

by | Oct 4, 2012 | Newsletter Article

When the State of New Jersey brought suit against a number of contractors involved in constructing a state prison, alleging that the centralized underground system that distributed hot water throughout multiple buildings of the prison was defective, the contractors...