Originally posted 2009-08-28 09:00:00. For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Musings has a real treat. Martha Sperry (@advocatesstudio on Twitter) is an attorney with extensive experience in the insurance industry. Martha’s clients have included underwriters and agents representing Lloyd’s syndicates, third party administrators and agents and various foreign and domestic insurers and reinsurers. Martha has […]
Yet Another Reminder to ALWAYS Show Up for Court
If there’s one admonishment I’ve given a lot at this construction law blog, it is to be very careful with mechanic’s liens. This post is not about that. This post is about another major piece of advice that has been set out here at Construction Law Musings, namely, always show up for court and respond […]
Impactful Construction Legislation Enacted for 2020
Originally posted 2020-04-27 09:00:55. With COVID-19 dominating the news and planning for issues relating to it being a top priority for construction firms in Virginia, it is almost hard to remember that the Virginia General Assembly was in session and considering several bills with a direct effect on the construciton industry. I discussed several in […]
Who Decides Who Can Arbitrate? The Court. . . .Sometimes
I have often discussed alternate dispute resolution (ADR) here at Construction Law Musings. In most of those posts, I’ve either discussed the advantages and/or disadvantages of arbitration or mediation. In any of the other ADR-related posts, the assumption was that the question about the arbitrability of the claim (namely that the claim was either properly […]
Know When Your Claim “Accrues” or Risk Losing It
Originally posted 2019-06-03 15:03:07. I have discussed statutes of limitation on construction claims in various contexts from issues with a disconnect on state projects to questions of continuous breach here at Construction Law Musings. For those that are first-time readers, the statute of limitations is the time during which a plaintiff can bring its claim, […]