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Court of Appeals Weighs in on Contribution Actions Between Insurance Carriers in Construction Defect Actions

Date: November 28th, 2012 by Paul T. McBride No Comments

A recent insurance law decision by the California Court of Appeals, St. Paul Mercury Insurance v. Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance, (2012) 210 Cal.App.4th 645, clarifies the role and obligations of insurance carriers for subcontractors involved in construction defect litigation. This decision potentially sounds a very ominous note for both subcontractors and their carriers as it makes clear … Read More

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Using ASTM Standard E2128-12 to Defend Window Leak Claims

Date: November 2nd, 2012 by Paul T. McBride No Comments

Consider two typical scenarios in construction defect litigation:

Scenario A: In a 35-home construction defect lawsuit arising from a large project in Sacramento, plaintiffs’ expert picks six windows at six separate homes for spray testing. Our insured is the stucco subcontractor. Our expert attends plaintiffs’ testing. Our expert reports that none of the windows selected for testing showed any evidence … Read More