John G. Powers and Nina I. Brown of Hancock Estabrook write: In New York, the question of whether the original designer bears any continuing liability in tort for injuries occurring after the ...

Design delegation has become increasingly prevalent in modern construction, encompassing everything from curtain wall systems to precast panels and fire protection layouts. Contractors and specialty ...

One of the fastest-growing branches of U.S. litigation is product-design liability suits against manufacturers, claiming that faultily designed products caused serious injuries or deaths. “This ...

Design liability and right-of-way risk allocation are topics addressed in a legal research digest recently published by the Transportation Research Board’s National Cooperative Highway Research ...

Insurers intend to raise prices of design professional liability insurance for a third consecutive year in 2024, according to a survey of 17 leading providers. Broker Ames & Gough, which conducted the ...

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Peter S. Britell and Ashley A. Dunn of Venable write: There is an "issue du jour" in almost every new major design and construction project—limitation of liability. The architect and construction ...

Liabilities and warranties, especially in construction contracts are very fluid, and they ebbs and flow depending on the nature of the project and more importantly, the type of contract. One such ...

In today’s construction industry, it is no secret that there is always increasing pressure to speed up schedules and to keep costs down. One key factor that can help achieve these goals is to increase ...