In The Legal's Construction Law supplement read about construction injury litigation, Pennsylvania's Construction Notices Director and the amendments to the Mechanics' Lien Law.

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Construction Injury Litigation: Paving the Road to Discovery
When conducting discovery in personal injury matters that arise from construction accidents, the discovery requests, like in other matters, dictate the documents received. Read more

What Should You Know About Pa.'s Construction Notices Directory?
Oftentimes these days, when I open my connection to the internet, I am confronted with nearly a dozen headlines telling me the 10 things I need to know before working out, going to sleep, and, heavens forbid, walking into a nearby fast food restaurant (not to mention the adjacent headline telling me NEVER to walk into a fast food restaurant ever again, lest I break the seal of the scroll foretelling my early demise). Read more

Changing Landscape in Residential Construction Defect Cases
It is no secret that building envelope construction defects are prominent throughout our region. This issue affects thousands of properties and multiple builders. These defects are truly latent, with no visual cues or outward manifestation of water infiltration. Read more

Indemnity and Additional Insureds: Tools for Risk Shifting
Construction contracts, because of the nature of the undertakings, the number of parties, and the layered involvement of specialty contractors at various tiers, are complicated and often attract complex and expensive litigation. To deal with this dynamic, construction contracts often contain risk shifting devices that are intended to transfer the potential liability for particular risks that affect the various participants. Read more
A New Decade Dawns for AIA Contracts
For the construction law bar, the ubiquitous and widespread use of the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) contracts by public entities, developers, owners, contractors and architects all but assures their continued presence in construction litigation. Read more
Amended Lien Law and Energy Infrastructure Construction Projects
The Pennsylvania Mechanics' Lien Law, 49 P.S. Section 1101 et seq. (the Lien Law), provides contractors a powerful legal hammer for the recovery of payment owed for work performed on a construction project; they can impose a lien against the property on which their work was performed, clouding the owner's title, until payment is received. Read more
Practitioners' Guide to Navigating New Mechanics' Lien Law Amendments
The Pennsylvania Mechanics' Lien Law, 49 P.S. Section 1101 et seq. (the Lien Law), provides contractors a powerful legal hammer for the recovery of payment owed for work performed on a construction project; they can impose a lien against the property on which their work was performed, clouding the owner's title, until payment is received. Read more

In The Legal's Construction Law supplement read about construction injury litigation, Pennsylvania's Construction Notices Director and the amendments to the Mechanics' Lien Law.

Click here to download the digital edtion

Construction Injury Litigation: Paving the Road to Discovery
When conducting discovery in personal injury matters that arise from construction accidents, the discovery requests, like in other matters, dictate the documents received. Read more

What Should You Know About Pa.'s Construction Notices Directory?
Oftentimes these days, when I open my connection to the internet, I am confronted with nearly a dozen headlines telling me the 10 things I need to know before working out, going to sleep, and, heavens forbid, walking into a nearby fast food restaurant (not to mention the adjacent headline telling me NEVER to walk into a fast food restaurant ever again, lest I break the seal of the scroll foretelling my early demise). Read more

Changing Landscape in Residential Construction Defect Cases
It is no secret that building envelope construction defects are prominent throughout our region. This issue affects thousands of properties and multiple builders. These defects are truly latent, with no visual cues or outward manifestation of water infiltration. Read more

Indemnity and Additional Insureds: Tools for Risk Shifting
Construction contracts, because of the nature of the undertakings, the number of parties, and the layered involvement of specialty contractors at various tiers, are complicated and often attract complex and expensive litigation. To deal with this dynamic, construction contracts often contain risk shifting devices that are intended to transfer the potential liability for particular risks that affect the various participants. Read more
A New Decade Dawns for AIA Contracts
For the construction law bar, the ubiquitous and widespread use of the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) contracts by public entities, developers, owners, contractors and architects all but assures their continued presence in construction litigation. Read more
Amended Lien Law and Energy Infrastructure Construction Projects
The Pennsylvania Mechanics' Lien Law, 49 P.S. Section 1101 et seq. (the Lien Law), provides contractors a powerful legal hammer for the recovery of payment owed for work performed on a construction project; they can impose a lien against the property on which their work was performed, clouding the owner's title, until payment is received. Read more
Practitioners' Guide to Navigating New Mechanics' Lien Law Amendments
The Pennsylvania Mechanics' Lien Law, 49 P.S. Section 1101 et seq. (the Lien Law), provides contractors a powerful legal hammer for the recovery of payment owed for work performed on a construction project; they can impose a lien against the property on which their work was performed, clouding the owner's title, until payment is received. Read more