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To Pay or Not to Pay “Rip and Tear” Damages

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Should a contractor’s Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurance policy cover the expense of uncovering defective work causing damage to the owner’s property as well as the costs of exposing or accessing damaged building...more

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Court Of Appeals Clarifies That Expert Testimony Required in Nearly All Faulty Construction Cases

In a recent decision touching on many interesting issues, North Carolina’s Court of Appeals effectively determined that, in all but the most obvious cases, expert testimony is required to establish a failure to perform...more

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Subcontractor Exception Torpedoes Insurers’ Defense To Faulty Workmanship Claim

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As this blog has reported, a line of cases deciding coverage disputes over faulty workmanship runs against (or, at least, around) a basic rule for interpreting insurance policies. Under that rule, the scope of coverage is...more

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U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania Dismisses Owner’s Claim Against Performance Bond Surety – Repeated Instances of Poor...

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Milton Reg’l Sewer Auth. v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155419 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 3, 2014) - The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled that multiple...more

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