Source: http://www.lexology.com, September 15, 2015 By: Laura Freid-Studlo In Gongloff Contracting, L.L.C. v. L. Robert Kimball & Associates, Architects & Engineers, Inc., 2015 Pa. Super 149 (Pa. Super. Ct. July 8, 2015), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed the trial court’s decision and held that a claim for negligent misrepresentation could be based on faulty design documents […]

Source: http://www.courthousenews.com, August 10, 2015 By: Cameron Langford Twenty-eight workers injured when an oil rig collapsed, killing one in the Bay of Campeche, sued the rig manufacturer in Federal Court. Plaintiffs include the estate representative of Isidoro Solorzano Castillo, who was fatally injured in the May 5 incident. The workers sued rig maker Friede & […]

Source: http://enr.construction.com, May 12, 2015 By: Nick Zeman The failure in March of a geosynthetically reinforced runway extension at Charleston, W.Va.’s Yeager International Airport has triggered a lengthy dispute among the airport’s insurance carrier, AIG Aero, the designer Triad Engineering and contractor Cast and Baker over the liability for damages, currently estimated at $16 million […]

Source: http://press.hse.gov.uk, March 13, 2015 Three construction companies have been fined after a worker was crushed by a falling section of conveyor at a plant in Sleaford. The incident happened during construction of the Sleaford Renewable Energy plant on Boston Road on 14 February 2013 when the 4.5 tonne conveyor section overturned during installation. It […]

Source: http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com, September 18, 2007 Scott Wall Construction of Olympia brought a lawsuit against Lacey Fire District No. 3 in October 2005, alleging that the district was responsible for deficient plans and unfair management by TCF Architecture of Tacoma and Olympic Associates Co. of Seattle, regarding the construction of three fire stations. The suit claimed […]

Source: http://courtnewsohio.gov, January 20, 2015 By: Dan Trevas Architectural firm NBBJ L.L.C. may be financially responsible for Miami Valley Hospital’s litigation costs arising from the 2011 deadly Legionnaire’s disease outbreak, an appeals court ruled. The Second District Court of Appeals last week upheld a summary judgment granted to Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) and its corporate […]

Source: http://insurancenewsnet.com, February 9, 2015 By: Randy Ellis Representatives of contractors who did renovation work on Oklahoma State University’s football stadium agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a lawsuit over plumbing system failures that caused sewage stench to permeate the locker room four years ago. The university’s insurers paid for the initial repairs. Money from […]

Source: http://www.couriernews.com, August 13, 2011 By: Lindsey Williams Filing claims architecture firm caused delay in construction at RHS The construction of Russellville High School’s Center for the Performing Arts has sparked a lawsuit, court documents show. EWI Inc., the construction manager for the performing arts center project, filed a civil suit Aug. 5 in Pope […]

Source: http://www.sfgate.com, August 4, 2014 By: Jaxon Van Derbeken Top Caltrans officials are expected to respond Tuesday to accusations that they “gagged and banished” engineers who identified construction problems on the new Bay Bridge eastern span and that the agency failed to maintain basic quality control on the project. In advance of a state Senate hearing, […]

Source: Beazley, PRO Newsletter, Summer 2014 Facts: A Beazley insured provided architectural services in connection with the design and construction of a recreational park. A construction defect lawsuit was filed by the project owner, who alleged that our insured did not sufficiently investigate the financial wherewithal of the project contractor and its surety. Moreover, the […]

Source: Beazley, PRO Newsletter, Summer 2014 Facts: Our insured, an engineering firm, was retained by a bridge designer to provide geotechnical engineering services in connection with a bridge project in Vermont. Our insured carried Environmental Media Tech Insurance – which addressed not only its contractor’s pollution liability, but also its professional liability exposure – all […]

Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com, June 23, 2014 By: Judy Greenwald Two design flaws in construction of a City University of New York building entitle the building’s owner, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, to two separate limits of liability, says an appeals court, in upholding a lower court ruling that the two claims were […]