Chinese Drywall and the Survival of the Fittest Insurance Company p3
10/23/2015 | Real Estate Blog
We are finishing up our discussion of a case from outside of Pennsylvania over damage caused by Chinese drywall. In our Oct. 19 post we talked about the extent of the drywall issue and how hard it was for affected homeowners to secure compensation for their losses. The case we have been talking about is not about a civil action against the drywall manufacturer, but a couple’s attempt to convince their property insurance company that the loss they suffered — […]
Technology’s Impact on the Legal Process
10/23/2015 | Construction Blog
Technology has become a huge part of the construction industry. This trend ranges from simple things like the use of email to make project communication easier to the introduction of more advanced technologies like Building Information Modeling, or BIM. While these developments have had a predominately positive impact on the industry in terms of quality and efficiency, technology has also resulted in increased obligations in the legal process. Construction businesses should understand a few of the basic ways technology has […]
UPDATE: Union Intimidation Bill Passes Pennsylvania Senate
10/22/2015 | Construction Blog
The Pennsylvania Senate has passed House Bill 874 by a vote of 30-18. The version agreed upon by the Senate will now go back to the Pennsylvania House for a concurrence vote and then on to Governor Wolf to sign. Because the legislation passed through the Senate in substantially the same form as it left the House, there appears little chance the legislation will be hung up again before it hits Governor Wolf’s desk.
Chinese Drywall and the Survival of the Fittest Insurance Company p2
10/21/2015 | Construction Blog, Real Estate Blog
We’re talking about an appellate decision in Florida that shows just how tough it can be to fight insurance companies over construction defects and faulty building materials. The construction material in this case is Chinese drywall that turned out, as we explained in our last post, to contain high levels of toxic substances. Thousands of homeowners, most of them on the East Coast, suffered health problems or discovered damaged wiring caused by sulfur fumes.
Chinese Drywall and the Survival of the Fittest Insurance Company
10/19/2015 | Construction Blog, Real Estate Blog
Pennsylvania may not have felt the truly disastrous effects of the Chinese drywall debacle as badly as other states. Our state had reported just more than a dozen incidents as of March 2014, while more than 2,000 Florida property owners had reported issues with the product by then. Still, we noted an appellate decision — in Florida — that illustrates a point about insurance and construction material defects that could easily hold true in any zip code.
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