Sophisticated insureds can’t understand additional insured either Scottsdale Insurance v United Rentals US Dist Ct. Massachusetts (2018) FACTS Gomes had Scottsdale Insurance and when… Read More »Additional Insured’s Policy Made to Pay First As Primary – With The Named Insured As Excess
Condo developers in Cambridge tried to cut back the big risk of lawsuits coming back against them from the Condominium Unit Owner’s Association by putting… Read More »Condo developer not shielded from suit by hurdles written into bylaws
Massachusetts’ top court had to decide – whose rules rule private helicopter landing sites. In Roma III v Board of Appeals of Rockport SJC 12278… Read More »Court mulls whose rules govern private helicopter landing sites
What HVAC jobs get Massachusetts prevailing wage? Workers on Massachusetts public construction projects must get paid what are called prevailing wages. Prevailing wage standards generally… Read More »Who says what wages prevail and on what jobs in Massachusetts public construction?
Own the process and set the tone. Newer design and construction methods use better integration across disciplines and among parties, sometimes using Lean principles, a… Read More »9 Ways To Be A Good Construction Project Owner
You pay Massachusetts homeowner’s insurance premiums and have for years – now you have a claim for property damage. Maybe your home and some of… Read More »Homeowners Insurance Claims in Massachusetts – How it works
On January 31, 2017 Massachusetts released plans for the redesign of the program to incentivize solar energy construction in the state. The DOER slideshow is… Read More »Solar Incentive Program in Massachusetts Updated 2017
If you sue on bond to get money due on a public works job in Massachusetts and win anything after a trial, you also get… Read More »Attorney’s Fees Shifted by Value of Grader Services Recovery
Suffolk Construction was allowed to press its claims to get back some of the money kept by a bank whose borrower, a Suffolk subcontractor, went… Read More »Anti-windfall rule allows reclaiming mistakenly sent, wrongly retained, money
State energy regulators have to design their rules respecting the chance that Federal preemption will vaporize their viability. Some States want energy rules to push… Read More »State Energy Innovations Liable to get Zapped by FERC Preemption