Ready to Respond? Contractors' Best Practices for Performance Bond Claim Preparedness
- Claims, Insurance, Risk Management
- April 23, 2024
By Jamie Hasty, Vice President, SESCO Management Consultants On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, an economic stimulus plan aimed at addressing the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Americans, and introducing paid sick leave and an expanded family and medical leave act to the nation’s employers. Less than
READ MOREBy Lee Brumitt, Dysart Taylor We’ve all heard it: “they got out on a technicality.” A recent case out of Kansas reminds us that what may look like a technicality is, in fact, a court properly applying the plain language of a statute, as enacted by the legislature. In Drywall Systems, Inc. v. A. Arnold
READ MOREBy Brian S. Wood; Smith, Currie & Hancock, LLP The outbreak of COVID-19 (“coronavirus”) has wreaked a considerable human toll of death, physical suffering, fear, and anxiety internationally. Much of the fear and anxiety results from a lack of information or a full understanding about the spread of the disease, protection against infection, and treatment.
READ MOREBy Jim Berriatua, Vice-President, Gallagher Global Construction Services John was driving a company vehicle to a work site when he got a phone call. He glanced over at the screen to see who it was, just as Shawn was scurrying across the street, earbuds in, listening to the latest Grisham novel, trying to beat the
READ MOREBy J. Timothy Crenshaw, Counsel, Schulman, LeRoy & Bennett, P.C. The recent decision in Snake Steel, Inc. v. Holladay Construction Group, LLC is significant for subcontractors’ rights with respect to retainage withheld on construction projects in Tennessee. Tennessee’s Prompt Pay Act (the “PPA”) includes a provision requiring that retainage withheld on projects involving $500,000 or
READ MOREChallenging OSHA Citations with the Unpreventable Employee Misconduct Defense By Jonathan Landesman, Michael Metz-Topodas, and Christopher W. Sexton Despite the construction industry’s few areas of certainty, contractors can invariably count on facing an OSHA compliance inspection at some point. These visits are meant to ensure everyone on-site is complying with OSHA’s many and detailed construction-related
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