Think construction defects cases are complicated? Try looking at them from the perspective of the neutrals who guide parties to settlement. Complicated only begins to describe what one experienced neutral calls working on a puzzle with dozens of pieces where the task is getting the edges to meet.

“You could write books about the insurance issues that come up in these cases,” said Craig Meredith, a neutral with JAMS in Northern California who is widely known for his expertise in the areas of insurance coverage with a primary emphasis on general liability coverage issues for commercial construction, construction defect, engineering and infrastructure, and environmental matters and has resolved hundreds of matters. “Every construction defect litigation is really two cases: the case involving the defects and the builder’s liability; and the case involving the insurance, whether or not the carriers have exposure and how much they will pay.”

Originally published in the Daily Journal Corporation.

This Marty Graham Article dated April 6, 2016 references JAMS Mediators Craig Meredith and Stacy La Scala.