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Which Insurance Carrier Is Responsible for Damages on a Construction Project? Depends.

Best Practices Construction Law

There are multiple types of insurance coverage for the various risks on a construction project. However, when there are multiple insurance carriers covering the same risk (i.e., However, when there are multiple insurance carriers covering the same risk (i.e., In a recent case, Cincinnati Insurance Co.

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constructionattorneyblog: Sole Proximate Cause Defense Reaffirmed

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. Copyright 2005-2012 Sabo & Zahn, all rights reserved. Sole Proximate Cause Defense Reaffirmed. Copyright Notice. Disclaimer. Weil-McLain (Docket No.

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#96:  Payment Bond Sureties and "Pay-if-Paid" Subcontracts

NH Construction Law

It is often said that a payment bond surety may assert all of the contractual defenses to payment enjoyed by its principal. 2d 404 (1990), construing Florida law, held that general contractor’s “pay-if-paid” defense was not available to a surety. 2d 680 (2005), construing West Virginia law, held that it was.

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A More Even Field: The Eleventh Circuit Overrules Its Precedent and Joins Most Circuits on the Applicability of Domestic FAA Grounds to Vacate Nondomestic Arbitration Awards[1]

Constructlaw

17] The court explained that its prior precedent erroneously “equated the defenses to recognition and enforcement with the grounds for vacatur” [18] and that this was “plainly and palpably wrong.” [19] 2005), abrogated on other grounds by Hall St. Risk Insurers v. Risk Insurers , 141 F.3d 3d 274, 368 (5th Cir. Int’l Mktg.

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CGL policy -- conflict of interest between builder and insurer

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. Copyright 2005-2012 Sabo & Zahn, all rights reserved. CGL policy -- conflict of interest between builder and insurer. Copyright Notice. Disclaimer.

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Business Report: GEICO Expansion Brings 1,000 New Jobs To Katy, TX

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Rick Perry and GEICO Chairman and CEO Tony Nicely recently announced the insurance giant will be expanding its Katy operations, creating 1,000 new jobs over the next three years and $8.5 Texas Commissioner of Insurance Julia Rathgeber noted that Texas is the 12th-largest insurance market in the world. “We By Ed Felton.

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constructionattorneyblog: Fiduciary Duty by Design Professionals?

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. Copyright 2005-2012 Sabo & Zahn, all rights reserved. As the white paper points out, the best defense is provided at the contract stage. Disclaimer.

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