Homeowner/ Contractor Insurer dispute goes 15 years. Styller v National Fire & Marine Insurance Company Mass App Ct 2019 PARTIES – Homeowner Styller hired contractor… Read More »INSURER OWES NO ATTORNEY’S FEES ON VERDICT ON UNCOVERED CLAIMS
Mass SJC 2019 case Donis v American Waste Services LLC Parties Employee = Donis Employer = AWS LLC Public Entities = Towns State Department of… Read More »Updated Pay Rates Apply on Mass Public Jobs – Whether the employer gets the update memo or not.
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CWC Builders, Inc. v United Specialty Insurance Company US District Court D Mass 2015 FACTS Construction manager CWC, on a residential construction project, required its… Read More »Additional Insured contractor blocked from GL Coverage by Sub’s Residential Exclusion
G4S TECHNOLOGY LLC v MASS TECHNOLOGY PARK CORP. Mass SJC 2018 FACTS Government owner hired design builder for $45M project (internet backbone for 400,000 Western… Read More »Strict Compliance for Construction Contract Recovery, Softer Standards for Equity
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?