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CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS-DO NOT NEGLECT THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IN FLORIDA’S LIEN LAW

Posted on 9 October, 2011
Oftentimes, subcontractors, suppliers, and sub-subcontractors rely on companies to serve the statutory notices that are prerequisites to preserving a lien or bond claim under Florida's Lien Law in the event of nonpayment.  However, if these notices are not served in accordance with Florida’s Lien Law,...

OWNERS DEFENDING A LIEN – ESPECIALLY A PATENTLY FRAUDULENT LIEN

Posted on 2 October, 2011
Owners are sometimes in a difficult position and predicament when an entity wrongly records a claim of lien on their real property and forecloses on the lien. The owner is forced to defend the lien foreclosure claim that it contends was improperly filed and fraudulent...

CLARIFYING TERMS OF A RELEASE AND STANDARD OF CARE WHEN SUING A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL — BOTH TOUCHED UPON IN NEW FLORIDA CASE

Posted on 12 September, 2011
The recent decision of Alderman v. BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc., 2011 WL 3862094 (2d DCA 2011), implicitly underscores two important concepts.  First, it underscores the importance of clarifying releases of claims applicable to construction issues, especially if a party wants to be...

CGL POLICIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COUCHING THE CLAIM TO THE INSURER

Posted on 24 August, 2011
Contractors and subcontractors that work on construction projects should, and generally do, maintain commercial general liability policies (“CGL Policies”).  Owners absolutely want their contractor and the subcontractors to be sufficiently insured in the event a claim is made either against them or damages or defects occur to...

ASSERTING NEGLIGENCE AGAINST A CONSTRUCTION-MANAGER OR OWNER’S REPRESENTATIVE

Posted on 14 August, 2011
Cannon v. Fournier, 57 So.3d 875 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011) is an interesting personal injury case that touches upon whether a contractor’s qualifying agent can be individually liable for acts and omissions of the limited liability construction company he/she qualifies and whether a...