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No Longer Foreseeable? Cal-Am’s Impact for the Construction Industry

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Clarifying its case law, Arizona’s Supreme Court further limited when foreseeability can establish a duty for tort liability in its recent Cal-Am opinion. Key for contractors and design professionals, while the decision could...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19408 - NPC Offices, LLC v. Kowaleski - In this case, the Supreme Court reversed the Appellate Court. The Appellate Court had agreed with the Trial Court that a driveway...more

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Insurance Benefit Assignment to Contractors: Not in Texas

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In Florida and other states, a post-loss assignment of insurance benefits (or AOB) has become commonplace and a hot-topic issue. The typical scenario is that after suffering a loss, the insured assigns the right to policy...more

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Florida Appellate Court Rejects Bid to Curb Insureds’ Assignments to Contractors

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Many property insurance policies contain terms that prohibit assignment, but Florida law has long deemed those terms inoperative once a loss has occurred. E.g., W. Fla. Grocery Co. v. Teutonia Fire Ins. Co., 74 Fla. 220...more

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