Construction Business Owner
JANUARY 18, 2022
This is on top of the growing array of emerging contaminant liability claims that increasingly plague jobsites and the rise of nuclear verdicts in the casualty line sector that grew by 335% from 2012 to 2019 according to American Transportation Research Institute.
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 30, 2020
For those concerned about the state of the environmental industrial complex during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, I can report that last Friday I reviewed my 1,000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this year. 9601 et seq., 9601 et seq.,
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Levelset
OCTOBER 14, 2022
A plumbing contractor’s insurance policy covers claims for property damage, but it may also help defend against lawsuits resulting from a work-related incident. In this respect, general liability insurance or workers’ compensation could help cover those costs if an incident should occur. . Liability for damage.
NH Construction Law
JUNE 30, 2020
A few years back I blogged (#24) on the Spearin doctrine, which holds that adherence to government-imposed design specifications absolves the contractor from contract liability to the government when the finished product fails to perform as intended. Spearin does not address tort liability to third parties injured by defective designs.
NH Construction Law
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
The New Hampshire Supreme Court implicitly assumed applicability of the statute of limitations to arbitration proceedings in Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Co. 3d 411, 424 (2019) (holding that the term “action” means “the steps by which a party seeks to enforce any right in a court ”).
Green Building Law Update
APRIL 7, 2020
The bill also establishes liability protections for MDE and the State. It is unclear how this impacts State enforcement of these toxic groundwater contaminants through the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act as well as State liability? 2019 HB 720 / override of gubernatorial veto.
Green Building Law Update
APRIL 7, 2020
The bill also establishes liability protections for MDE and the State. 2019 HB 720 / override of gubernatorial veto. A water infrastructure “asset owner” must reimburse MDE for costs incurred, and a lien must be established for nonpayment under specified circumstances.
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