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COVID-19 Liability for Building Owners

Green Building Law Update

And these questions are not unfounded because as of November 1, 2020, legal industry databases of state and federal litigation are tracking more than 6,100 cases involving Covid-19 claims. Moreover, an invitee cannot maintain a negligence suit merely from a showing that an injury was sustained in the defendant’s building.

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COVID 19 Commercial Building Liability

Green Building Law Update

With all 50 states now in some stage of reopening from coronavirus pandemic closures, many commercial real estate owners are questioning if they can be liable for damages when someone, whether an employee of the business tenant or someone else, claims to have contracted COVID-19 at their building.

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Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?

Natural Building

Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. Is this really progress?

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Pollution Legal Liability Insurance More Valuable as a Result of High Court Ruling

Green Building Law Update

Insurance companies cannot recover environmental cleanup costs paid to their insured under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund, from another Potentially Responsible Party ( unless their insured had first pursued a separate claim to recover the cleanup costs from that PRP).

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7 Construction Trends That Will Propel the Industry in 2022

Lets Build

The 3D printing market is growing at an accelerated rate as developers turn to more affordable, sustainable, and readily accessible sources. Among the new home construction trends include the use of a sustainable material known as K-Briqs. Over time, this leads to injuries, time off work, and workers’ compensation claims.

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6 Dangers Of Falling Debris In Construction Sites

Construction Marketing

Whoever is responsible for breaching their duty of care should compensate for the injuries. When a family member sustains injuries from a falling object on a construction site, the best action is to seek legal representation at once. In most cases, the contractor, subcontractor, or site owner will be held responsible.

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Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Chinese Over Solar Panel Dumping

Green Building Law Update

District Court Eastern District of Michigan, claims the object of the Chinese companies’ illegal actions was to drive established solar industry leader Energy Conversion Devices out of business. Energy Conversion Devices seeks compensation for the loss of the more than $950,000,000, the book value of the business the Chinese destroyed.