Colorado’s 2017 regular session has seen several significant bills introduced that could impact insurers, developers and contractors in construction defect claims. One bill would require mediation or arbitration in homeowners’ association claims alleging...
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Construction defects, litigation: spotlighting a particular group
One thing we can say with absolute certainty from our professional perspective as attorneys with on-point and proven practice experience in the realm of construction law is that legal disputes in this singular area will always occur, across a wide universe of...
Insurers on hook in large-money case involving Verizon
Draft it better.At the end of the day (that is, the day recently on which a court issued a ruling in which it conceded there were "significant financial consequences), a judicial determination concluded that multiple insurance companies simply didn't go a good enough...
3 reasons why a car insurance claim may be denied
No one wants to get into a car accident. Between the damage to a vehicle and the pain of crash injuries, it can be a lot to deal with, financially, physically and emotionally. Add into this a denied insurance claim, and people often feel like they are at their wits'...
The complex realm of product liability: risks and protections
Risk commonly features in commercial-related stories and reports, and understandably so.As we note on our business law and insurance defense website at the Colorado law firm of & Associates, "Businesses are typically pretty risk...
National insurer prevails in coverage dispute on federal appeal
It's impossible to know from a recent media article on an insurance coverage dispute what the material terms and conditions provided for in a policy between Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and a general construction contractor tasked with building an emergency water...
Insurance coverage focus: so-called “earth-movement exclusions”
Although California-based incidents certainly serve as the most prominently spotlighted examples of contested insurance coverage in incidents involving shifting ground (think mudslides, earthquakes and so forth), so-called "earth movement" cases also arise in...
Faring comparatively poorly: Colorado’s vehicle accident statistics
Seventeen percent is of course just a number and indicator of nothing definitive unless it is fleshed out in some meaningful context. Here's the relevant fleshing out applicable to today's post: numbers pegged to fatal vehicle accidents in Colorado. As can be...
House Fires Aren’t Always the Result of Faulty Wiring
Construction companies and the electricians, plumbers, and contractors employed by them have a big responsibility. They are the people that are called when someone would like a custom house built from scratch. There are many details involved in building a house and...
Part-2 look: an optimal venue for complex insurance matters?
The publication Legal Intelligencer poses the hypothetical question quite directly, to wit: As either an insured party or insurance company that has tried unsuccessfully to resolve a legal matter via nonbinding mediation, is it now better to seek resolution through...