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 ...

John G. Powers and Nina I. Brown of Hancock Estabrook write: In New York, the question of whether the original designer bears any continuing liability in tort for injuries occurring after the ...

As discussed in Part 1 of this series, design professionals face significant exposure for claims arising out of alleged errors and omissions in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Liabilities and warranties, especially in construction contracts are very fluid, and they ebbs and flow depending on the nature of the project and more importantly, the type of contract. One such ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Section 22(b)(1) of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA) provides that [n]o vaccine manufacturer shall be ...