One of my favorite places to find good content and expert opinion regarding construction and legal issues is JDSupra.com. In one of JD’s tweets last week I discovered a very informative article by Matthew Hicks regarding Workers’ Compensation Insurance law and jurisprudence in California. The bottom line here is that all California contractors need to be sure to maintain proper and adequate workers compensation insurance. California Construction News Insurance Licensing Contractors Workers CompensationHicks sites two landmark cases, Wright v. MORE >>

Take notice and make sure their insurance covers you! just came across a case that I think truly paints the insurance dilemma for contractors. In reading over my RSS feeds this weekend, I noticed a great writeup on long-time blogger Josh Glazov ‘s Illinois Construction Law Blog. Attorney Robert Boylan’s post describes a recent Illinois case where a general contractor was denied its additional insured status on a second-tier subcontractor’s insurance. In  Westfield Insurance Co. Know the subs on your project? FCL Builders, Inc. MORE >>

Back in 2009 this blog reported on the very topic of Workers Compensation insurance, stating that 1 and 5 businesses are breaking workers compensation laws. In my everyday practice, I feel like the trend is still prevalent in the construction industry. The main reason being is due to the exorbitant price of this insurance on contractors. Although the price to insure all employees under workers comp insurance is high, the price that is paid if an accident happens to an uninsured worker is much higher. 23:1044. La R.S. MORE >>

Athletic Field left many in the construction industry very happy. Now, the Supreme Court has another construction matter to resolve – Vision One. The insurer denied a claim for expenses in the clean up, based upon an exclusion for the contractor’s faulty workmanship. Division One did not agree with Vision One , ruling in favor of the insurer. Safeco Insurance. In analyzing a similar set of facts, the court decided that the exception applied and that the insured could recover its “resulting losses.” The decision in Williams v. MORE >>

I was recently speaking with a client about the posture of a pending case and the client was surprised to know that nearly all of the insurance companies that were originally brought into the suit had whittled their way out due to policy limitations, lack of coverage and policy exclusions. Most laymen, including contractors and homeowners, believe that if they purchase a policy or file suit against another party’s insurance policy that there will be a windfall payout all the way up to the policy limits. Bankers Property Insurance Blog Summary Judgment trial MORE >>