Subject: Construction Claims Advisor newsletter
From: "Paul Levin, Publisher" <[email-masked]>
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In just the past six months, we covered important appellate decisions dealing with delay damages, total cost, bad faith inspection, bond claims, builder's risk insurance, lien laws, attorneys' fees, differing site conditions, termination, bid protests, warranty disclaimers, false claims and more.

Find out why hundreds of attorneys, consultants, contractors and owners rely on Construction Claims Advisor for the latest in claims avoidance, administration and analysis procedures; and an incredible value to boot -- weekly delivery insures timeliness, and all back issues are available at no extra costs - allowing you to search for particular issues.

Additionally, each weekly issue provides valuable tips and techniques that you can pass on to your client, contributing to their success as well.  Here's a sampling from recent issues:

Total costs awarded in three recent cases, one based on the Miller Act, one on negligence and one on a notice issue

Claims Administration Programs Can Save Your Clients Money

Why Delay Claims are Being Won and Lost in the Courts and Boards

6 Ways to Produce an As-Built Schedule

Choosing the Best Forum for Federal Bid Protests

Finality of Change Orders

Superconference wrap-up; owner strategies on claims

Discover valuable lessons learned:

Multimillion-dollar cases, like the $8.34 million appeal over a denied delay claim in the construction of the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela. It was “a classic case of an end-of-job claim,” we wrote, “involving critical path method scheduling, a litany of anecdotal incidents, alleged defective or impossible specifications, and lost labor productivity.”  And the Petrobras case, where the appeals court vacated a $36 million dollar attorneys' fee award.

Legal slip-ups, like M.A. Mortenson v. Acting Secy. of the Army, in which Mortenson’s own testimony helped lead to the loss. We suggested simple steps Mortenson could have taken that might have led to a win.

Developing case law, like the recent J.A. Jones v. Lehrer McGovern Bovis case, where a state supreme court allowed exceptions to the no-damage-for-delay clause and let a cardinal-change trial go forth for access delays and disruptions, even though the building itself did not change much.

Law firm negligence that led to a Massachusetts firm being sued by two Florida construction firms for malpractice. It ended in a split decision, lucky for the law firm – the plaintiffs could have claimed victory if they’d just done a few small things differently, we wrote.

Attorney-client privilege and how it can be compromised by accident – with potentially disastrous results. In Appeals of PK Contractors Inc., privileged documents were accidentally included in discovery documents the defendant handed over. It took clever legal footwork to preserve the defendant’s attorney-client privilege and get the documents back.

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