Conn. Supreme Court Finds Insurers Not Liable for Crumbling Foundations November 14, 2019 By Jim Sams Insurers are not liable for crumbling foundations caused by defective concrete unless the home is on the verge of collapse,...
West Virginia Trial Against Subaru for Motorist Death Begins Jan. 23 January 20, 2017 Nearly eight years after a car wreck claimed the lives of a mother and two teens in Cabell County, a...
Sinking San Francisco High-Rise Raises Alarm October 25, 2016 By JOCELYN GECKER Pamela Buttery noticed something peculiar six years ago while practicing golf putting in her 57th-floor apartment at the luxurious Millennium...
Missouri Homeowner Wants Disaster-Proof Home Rebuilt May 17, 2016 Designed to withstand tornadoes, earthquakes and even bomb blasts, a castle-like southwest Missouri home that was meant to last forever...
Iowa Court: Construction Defect Remedy Doesn’t Extend to Banks, Developers December 19, 2014 The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to give banks and real estate developers the same legal remedy that protects homebuyers...
Insurer Ordered to Pay $12.4M to Owners of Leaky Iowa Apartments March 28, 2014 An insurance company has been told to pay $12.4 million to the owners of a West Des Moines apartment complex...
Building Felled by New Zealand Quake Poorly Built December 11, 2012 By KRISTEN GELINEAU A six-story office building that collapsed and killed 115 people in New Zealand’s devastating earthquake last year was poorly designed...
Ohio Supreme Court Determines Defective Construction is Not Covered by CGL Policy November 7, 2012 By Burke Coleman The Supreme Court of Ohio recently held that defective construction is not an “occurrence” covered under a commercial general liability...