Forum Selection Clause Dooms Subcontractor Suit
5/28/21
By: Ben Dunlap
The First Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of a subcontractor’s suit against a construction contractor, holding that the trial court correctly enforced the terms of the parties’ agreement as to where a lawsuit could …
Amendments To Pennsylvania’s CASPA Will Change The Landscape Of Payment Disputes
8/3/18
By: Jonathan Romvary
Anyone who has ever done any amount of work as a contractor or who has represented them in collections cases has learned from hard experience that it can be all but impossible to get paid for one’s …
Pay-When-Paid Clauses: A Cautionary Tale
3/28/18
By: Jake Carroll
With the recent surge of construction projects in Georgia, the memories of owner and developer bankruptcies following the 2008 financial crisis may have grown dim. Nevertheless, material suppliers and subcontractors must remember that when the pace slows …
Minnesota High Court Rules that Additional Insured is not Covered in the Absence of Negligence of the Named Insured
3/28/13
By: Bart Gary
Many contracts, especially construction contracts, will contain a provision whereby one party, usually a subcontractor, agrees to add the other party to the contract, usually the general contractor, as an additional insured on the former’s insurance coverage. …