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General Liability vs. Professional Liability: What’s the Difference?

Levelset

When it comes to protecting your contracting business from claims and lawsuits, it can be tough to know what type of insurance you should purchase. General liability insurance protects businesses from claims of property damage or injury caused by their workers or incurred on their property. It can pay for medical costs and legal fees.

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Carpenter’s Insurance: Who Needs It & Why

Levelset

You can practice safety and use common sense on the job, but there’s no way to predict when accidents or injuries might occur. Carpenter’s insurance is a financial instrument that helps protect your business if accidents, injuries, or illnesses occur in a work-related capacity. What is carpenter insurance?

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constructionattorneyblog: Sole Proximate Cause Defense Reaffirmed

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. « Arbitrators award attorneys fees, contract notwithstanding | Main. Sole Proximate Cause Defense Reaffirmed. Categories.

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constructionattorneyblog: Fiduciary Duty by Design Professionals?

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. Fiduciary Duty by Design Professionals? In almost every case, an architect or other design professional is not a fidiciary. Recent Posts.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Partnering in major contracts: Paradox and metaphor. incentive contracts. construction: a case study on MTRC TKE contract 604 in Hong Kong. Channel Tunnel Rail Link: a contract partnership. construction contracting. Partnering process model for public-sector fasttrack design-build projects in Korea.

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#64:  Recovering Attorneys' Fees as Damages

NH Construction Law

Suppose a design professional administering a construction contract advises the owner that a problem with the project is due to a construction defect when, in fact, it is the result of the professional’s own design error. attorney fees. thereby suffered or incurred in the earlier action.” Gould , 74 N.H.

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DESPITE HAVING TWICE SIGNED CONTRACT, CORPORATE

Construction Lawyer

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. DESPITE HAVING TWICE SIGNED CONTRACT, CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE NOT NECESSARILY OBLIGATED TO PERSONALLY ARBITRATE. Merrill Lynch , 2012 U.S.