Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com, July 8, 2016 By: Laura Kane The owner of the Mount Polley mine in British Columbia’s Interior has sued two engineering firms for damages over a disastrous dam collapse two years ago. Imperial Metals has filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court alleging negligence and breach of contract by Knight Piesold and AMEC, […]

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com, July 5, 2016 By: Earl Cantwell There has been a trend in recent New York court decisions to expand (not limit) zones of potential legal liability. A recent case decided by the Appellate Division, 1st Department, is part of that trend and raises significant issues for New York contractors and design professionals with […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, June 30, 2016 By: Judy Greenwald Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. units are obligated to indemnify an engineering company in connection with an industrial accident at a nuclear power plant that killed one worker and injured several others, says a federal appeals court, in partially reversing a lower court ruling. The U.S. Court […]

Source: http://www.detroitnews.com, June 22, 2016 By: Jonathan Oosting Attorney General Bill Schuette on Wednesday sued a pair of engineering firms for allegedly allowing the Flint water contamination crisis to “occur, continue and worsen,” a claim the companies denied and vowed to fight. Schuette filed the civil lawsuit in Genesee County Circuit Court against Veolia North […]

Source: http://www.pollstarpro.com, June 3, 2016 The Edmonton Arena Corp., owned by the group that owns hockey’s Edmonton Oilers, and the City of Edmonton, Alberta, have filed a $4.7 million lawsuit against HOK Architects Corp. who designed Rogers Place.   A statement of claim filed in May on behalf of the partners behind the nearly complete […]

Source: http://blogs.mprnews.org, May 5, 2016 By: Brian Bakst Minnesota lawmakers abandoned an effort Thursday to punish companies that designed and built the Science Museum of Minnesota, which has experienced severe and pricey water-intrusion problems dating back to the time it opened 17 years ago. The museum is seeking $13 million in state bonding help toward repairs […]

Source: http://www.natlawreview.com, http://www.natlawreview.com, April 6, 2016 Within the past two years California courts have recognized negligence claims against professional engineers and architects in the absence of privity. First, in Beacon Residential Community Assn. v. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, 59 Cal.4th 563; 173 Cal.Rptr.3d 372; 327 P.3d 850 (2014), where the court found residential design […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, April 1, 2016 By: Scott R. Murphy, Barnes & Thornburg LLP Note: This article appears in the April 2016 edition of Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Construction Law Update e-newsletter. Within the past two years California courts have recognized negligence claims against professional engineers and architects in the absence of privity. First, in Beacon […]

Source: http://www.lexology.com, March 23, 2016 By: Carly Miller, Bradly Arant Boult Cummings LLP A recent Pennsylvania case, Gongloff Contracting, LLC v. L. Robert Kimball & Assocs., Architects and Engineers, Inc., sheds light on circumstances in which design errors can lead to damages in tort as courts recognize exceptions to the economic loss doctrine for such […]

Source: https://suffolktimes.timesreview.com, March 19, 2016 By: Tim Gannon The Village of Greenport has filed a lawsuit against the engineering firm that designed its $5.8 million power plant upgrade. The lawsuit filed Feb. 2 seeks more than $10 million in damages from Genesys Engineering and claims the Pelham-based company was negligent, breached agreements and didn’t provide certain services. Village officials […]

Source: http://lancasteronline.com, March 21, 2016 By: Tim Stuhldreher Seeking compensation for “multi-million dollar losses and damages,” Manheim Central School District has filed a lawsuit against the architecture firm that designed the now-razed Doe Run Elementary School. Foreman Architects-Engineers’ design was faulty and the firm failed to disclose the problem in a follow-up investigation, the lawsuit […]

Source: Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc. From 2001 to 2010, approximately 20% of claims involving buildings included allegations of mechanical and electrical issues. Many of these involved mold (which is more of an issue for mechanical engineers than electrical engineers). For the same time period, the average indemnity payment on claims filed against mechanical […]