We have discussed the overwhelming need for precision in construction contract drafting on several occasions here at Musings. This need is illustrated with great clarity by the litigation surrounding the Granby Towers in Norfolk, Virginia. The circumstances surrounding the Granby Towers debacle have been well documented. For that reason, I will not re-iterate [...]
Thoughts on the construction landscape from Christopher G. Hill, lawyer, LEED AP and member of the Virginia Legal Elite in Construction Law
Category Archives: Contracts
The Interstate Land Sales Act: A Buyer’s Escape Hatch – A Developer’s Worst Nightmare
Originally posted 2009-03-06 10:00:00. For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Rich Cartlidge, a 3rd year law student at Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, FL and author of the Green Building Envirotrends Blog has kindly offered to post on the Interstate Land Sales Act. Rich is a great resource and focuses on the [...]
Old and New Business Strategies to Weather the Construction Recession
The construction world has been hit with story after story of the hard times that have hit those in commercial and residential construction markets. Doom and gloom is everywhere. Capacity built up in the good years led to larger construction companies that now have to deal with bidding wars (and the potential liability from those [...]
Get What You Pay For
For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Musings welcomes a friend and fellow faculty member at Solo Practice University, Stefanie Devery. Stefanie owns a Real Estate law firm in Mineola, New York with her husband, Brian Devery. The Devery Law Group, P.C. concentrates in all residential and commercial real estate matters. Stefanie writes a [...]
Economic Loss Rule not Absolute in Construction
Musings takes a step off of the green construction and marketing train to discuss an interesting decision from the City of Richmond, Virginia Circuit Court.
As Musings has discussed on several occasions, the economic loss rule in Virginia states that where a loss occurs that relates in any way to a contract, the injured party cannot [...]
