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 ...

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 ...

The wall that shields design professionals from lawsuits by contractors with whom the designer has no contractual relationship continues to be whittled away. Where a contractor alleges that it has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black letter products liability law requires a party to be within the “chain of distribution” in order to be liable under theories of strict liability or breach of warranty for an injury caused by a ...

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 ...