For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome back Melissa Dewey Brumback. Melissa is a construction law attorney with Ragsdale Liggett in Raleigh, North Carolina. Aside from the fact that she is a UNC grad and fan, she’s okay! In 2017, as it does every ten years, the American Institute of Architects
Originally posted 2012-02-24 09:00:08. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome a good friend, Brett Marston. Brett is the head of the construction law practice group at Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore in Roanoke, Va. and a member of the firm’s management committee. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has extensive
Originally posted 2012-07-09 09:00:04. You hear about burden of proof a lot in criminal cases. We hear it on TV and in the news on a regular basis. We hear it so often that it can be easy to forget that proof is a part of every dispute and/or trial, including those in my area
Originally posted 2017-01-26 10:29:28. After the last two weeks’ analyses of a couple of big construction decisions that came out recently, I thought I’d keep this week’s post practical and short for those that are not construction lawyers. So without further ado, here is a short checklist of the top things (aside from calling their
Originally posted 2012-08-24 11:36:29. Here at Construction Law Musings, we’ve discussed the Dragas line of cases relating to Chinese Drywall. In those cases (for more, just plug in the word “Dragas” into the search field to the right of this post), the Court analyzed the insurance implications of remedial measures relating to Chinese Drywall. In