Agreement Injury Legal Risk 
Construction Marketing
MARCH 2, 2023
Unfortunately, injuries at construction sites are highly likely. You may wonder if you have legal recourse if you have been injured while working at a construction site. Now, let’s look at some of the most common questions about construction site injuries. Are you able to prove that negligence?
Best Practices Construction Law
MAY 3, 2017
In construction, there should be a written contract to transfer the risk when you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Perhaps “inefficient risk transfer” (alluded to by the authors) comes when parties try to transfer risk opposite or beyond what the law addresses.
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Levelset
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
General contractors know these risks when they take the role. At their core, insurance policies are agreements between two parties: the insurer and the policyholder. However, with the amount of risk involved in a standard construction project, general contractors typically need to hold multiple policies.
NH Construction Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2023
If the Seymour case shuts out a claim against the bank, do owner/borrowers have a legal claim against the inspector, with whom they have no contract? That puts the owner/borrower in a pickle. Don’t count on it. In Coachman Estates of Barrington, LLC v. REI Service Corporation , No. REI Service Corporation , No.
Levelset
OCTOBER 13, 2022
If you’re bidding on contract work, you will likely need a COI per terms of a legal agreement. Some parties — like owners and GCs — will want some assurances that any not-at-fault, job-related accidents or injuries will not cause them financial harm. Why a certificate of insurance matters.
Levelset
JUNE 29, 2022
OSHA averages more than 30,000 inspections annually , including many unscheduled visits arising from employee complaints or injuries. This standard ( 1926.100 ) requires all employees to wear head protection anytime there is a risk of head injury from “impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns.”
Best Practices Construction Law
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Proper insurance coverage is an important risk management tool for contractors, subcontractors, project owners/developers and design professionals. In that case, the contractor and subcontractor (and their insurance carriers) were pointing the finger at each other for injuries sustained by an employee of the subcontractor.
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