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Privity of Contract Design Defects

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Florida Courts Consider Control, Not Contractual Privity, for Negligence Claims Against Design Professionals - Construction and...

Though many states require a contractor to hold a contract directly with a design professional to pursue a claim against a designer for design omissions or defects, a recent case confirms that, in Florida, contractual privity...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update - October 2015

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Massachusetts Federal Court Holds Proof of Testing of Proposed Alternative Design Not Required in Design Defect Claim, Evidence Plaintiff Ignored Defendant’s Warnings Did Not Establish He Was Sole Proximate Cause of Injury on...more

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Under Construction - September 2013: Utah’s Economic Loss Rule

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In Utah, a plaintiff must generally in be in privity with the “original contractor, architect, engineer or real estate developer” to bring an “action for defective design or construction.” Utah Code Ann. §78 B-4-513(4). This...more

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