Texas Court of Appeals Holds That Owner’s Change to Contractor’s Means and...
Port of Houston Auth. of Harris Cnty. v. Zachry Constr. Corp., 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 13306 (Tex. App. Houston 14th Dist. Dec. 15, 2016) This contract dispute dates back to 2004, when the Port of Houston...
View ArticleEleventh Circuit Affirms Decision Under Florida Law Barring Contractor’s...
Int’l Fidelity Ins. Co. v. Americaribe-Moriarty JV, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 3628 (11th Cir. Feb. 28, 2017) Americaribe-Moriarty Joint Venture (“Americaribe”) entered into a subcontract with Certified Pool...
View ArticleActual Notice Exception to Pre-Lien Notice Requirement of Nevada Lien Statute...
Iliescu v. Steppan, No. 68346, 2017 Nev. LEXIS 38, (Nevada Supreme Court, May 25, 2017) Appellants Iliescu entered into a Land Purchase Agreement to sell four unimproved parcels in downtown Reno,...
View ArticleFederal Court Holds That Under Louisiana Law, Actual Notice of Cause of Delay...
Parkcrest Builders, LLC v. Hous. Auth. of New Orleans, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125012 (E.D. La. August 8, 2017) The Housing Authority of New Orleans (“the Authority”) contracted with Parkcrest Builders,...
View ArticleThe Washington Court of Appeals Clarifies When the Statute of Limitations for...
Dep’t of Transp. v. Seattle Tunnel Partners, 2019 BL 36988, 2 (Wash. App. Div. 2 Feb. 05, 2019) On January 8, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the State of Washington reversed and remanded in part a...
View ArticleUtah Federal Court Dismisses Claim for Attorney Fees Finding That Neither the...
R&O Constr. Co. v. MBA Gen. Contracting, LLC, No. 1:18-cv-00042, 2019 BL 98680 (D. Utah Mar. 21, 2019) On March 21, 2019, a Utah federal court granted Defendants MBA General Contracting, LLC and...
View ArticleColorado Court of Appeals Finds Contractor Satisfied Conditions Precedent...
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. v Guar. Co. of N. Am. USA, 2019 BL 97923 (Colo. App. Mar. 21, 2019). This construction dispute involved rights and obligations under a performance bond supplied for an...
View ArticleNew York Supreme Court Granted Summary Judgment for Subcontractor Where...
A.E. Rosen Elec. Co. v. Plank, LLC, No. 07862-7, 2019 BL 113951 (Sup. Ct. Mar. 01, 2019) On March 1, 2019, the Supreme Court of New York, Albany County, granted a subcontractor’s motion for summary...
View ArticleFederal Court in North Carolina Enforces Insurers’ Duty to Defend a General...
Westfield Ins. Co. v. Weaver Cooke Constr., LLC, 2019 BL 129431 (E.D.N.C. Apr. 11, 2019) This case arises out of the alleged defective construction of a condominium complex in North Carolina. In 2009,...
View ArticleThe Lessor of Two Evils: Iowa Supreme Court Holds That Mechanic’s Liens Will...
Winger Contr. Co. v. Cargill, Inc., No. 17-1169, 2019 BL 132092 (Iowa Apr. 12, 2019). On April 12, 2019, the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling which held that, inter alia, the Iowa...
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