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CHARTS AND GRAPHICS SUMMARIZING PAYMENT BOND AND CONSTRUCTION LIEN RIGHTS

Posted on 1 July, 2015
As they say, a picture is worth a 1,000 words.  How about charts and graphics? Check out this chart that summarizes preserving and enforcing construction lien and payment bond rights in Florida. Check out this chart that summarizes...

CHALLENGES OF AN ORAL CONTRACT OR THE “HANDSHAKE DEAL”

Posted on 27 June, 2015
An oral contract is a contract that is not reduced to writing.  In certain circumstances, and every disputed circumstance involving an oral contract, it becomes a “he said, she said” as to whether a contract was created and what the terms of the...

CGL INSURER’S (HAVE NO!) DUTIES OF DEFENSE AND INDEMNITY UNDER FLORIDA STATUTES CHAPTER 558

Posted on 21 June, 2015
I previously wrote an article regarding Florida Statutes Chapter 558 and its pre-lawsuit application to construction defects.  In particular, I discussed a claimant’s (e.g., owner) requirement to submit...

DISCOVERY ON UNRELATED PROJECTS IS IRRELEVANT (NOT REASONABLY CALCULATED TO LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE)

Posted on 18 June, 2015
I love the Third District Court of Appeal’s recent ruling in a discovery dispute in Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design, Inc. v. Charms 63 Noble, LLC, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D1428a (Fla.3d DCA 2015), because its focuses on irrelevant discovery in a construction dispute.

A MILLER ACT ASIDE: WHAT HAPPENS TO A THIRD TIER ENTITY IF A SUBCONTRACTOR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY

Posted on 13 June, 2015
The opinion in J&B Boat Rental, LLC v. Jag Construction Services, Inc., 2015 WL 237604 (E.D.La. 2015) provides interesting analysis as to a third tier supplier’s Miller Act claim.  In this case, a...