Claims Insurance Legal Sustainability 
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
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).
Green Building Law Update
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
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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Green Building Law Update
MAY 24, 2020
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. until there is a COVID-19 vaccine).
Construction Law
DECEMBER 2, 2022
The next thing you might be contacting your lawyer about could be your potentially over-inflated sustainability claims. Virtue signalling by ‘greenwashing’ could end up being more expensive than taking the measures you have wrongly claimed to. Those projects failing to meet these criteria may struggle to access financing.
Best Practices Construction Law
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Reading and understanding an insurance policy on a construction project can be a lot like understanding my kids playing Speak Out. Proper insurance coverage is an important risk management tool for contractors, subcontractors, project owners/developers and design professionals. Nautilus Insurance Co. ,
Construction Law
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Legal terms explained Our latest Legal Terms Explained series article from Georgia Di Salle of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP looks at Expert Evidence. Insurance Damage by Ground Movement Insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates examines the issues surrounding damage to property caused by ground movement.
Levelset
AUGUST 24, 2022
Construction businesses need many different types of insurance to mitigate the risks associated with building projects. Two of the most common insurance policies that contractors have are builder’s risk and general liability, which serve very different purposes. What is builder’s risk insurance?
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