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The Legal Intelligencer

Post & Schell Hires 3 Principals From Marks O'Neill

Michael Kosar, Michael Notartomas and Christian Scheuerman all left the firm before a 19-lawyer group decamped for Gordon Rees earlier this month.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Allegedly Unpaid Invoices for Mechanical Work Sparks Lawsuit

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Senate Passes Measures to Spur More Affordable Housing

Bill sponsor Sen. Alexis Calatayud said the range of affordable housing strategies would make development financially viable.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

As 'Nuclear' Verdicts Rise in New York, Report Says More 'Thermonuclear' Awards Are on Horizon

Reasons that make New York a likely target include its scaffold law, which accounts for nearly half of all nuclear verdicts, the report said.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Developer's Early Win Might Create New Reality in Federal, State 'Takings' Litigation

"This case is, in the main, about the extent to which an incorporated municipality can absolve itself of liability under this doctrine by claiming that, in imposing the offensive condition, it was merely enforcing the county's will," U.S. District Judge Roy Altman wrote.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Appeals Court, Relying on High Court Holding, Greenlights Wage-and-Hour Claim

"The legislature, however, did not tether Chapter 212's remedies to the accrual date of an employee's claim," stated Judge Carmen Messano. "It only prohibited an employee from recovering damages for wages due more than six years prior to the 'commencement' of the action, specifically the filing of a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

SES Group Sues Liberty Mutual Over Construction Project Bond Issue Payment Claims

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court Orders New Trial for Jury to Apportion Fault Following $5.3M Verdict

"Along with the Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law, which affords contribution rights to joint tortfeasors, the CNA prescribes 'the statutory framework for the allocation of fault when multiple parties are alleged to have contributed to the plaintiff's harm,'" Justice Anne M. Patterson wrote. "The statutes together enable 'the distribution of loss in proportion to the respective faults of the parties causing that loss' and 'ensure that damages are ordinarily apportioned to joint tortfeasors in conformity to the factfinder's allocation of fault.'"
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Navigating Risk: Advising Clients on Construction Defect Coverage and CGL Policies

Taking extra time at the initiation of a project to understand the scope and extent of both coverage and exclusions should be part of counseling a business undertaking a significant construction project.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Of Burdens and Hatch Covers

In this edition of his Construction Accident Litigation column, Brian Shoot discusses two unrelated issues. Each figured in rulings rendered in, respectively, November and December of 2022. One issue arises when a plaintiff moves for summary judgment under Labor Law §240. The other issue, which arises far less frequently, is whether a falling hatch cover (or similar object) may qualify as a "falling object" within the scope of Labor Law §240.
16 minute read

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