Last week I discussed the potentially onerous legislation that essentially made contractors the employers of all employees of their subcontractors and suppliers on a job site. That was only one of the impactful statutes that was passed by the General Assembly and that will take effect in July of 2020. While the above mentioned legislation […]
More Hensel Phelps Ripples in the Statute of Limitations Pond?
As is always the case when I attend the Virginia State Bar’s annual construction law seminar, I come away from it with a few posts on recent cases and their implications. The first of these is not a construction case, but has implications relating to the state project related statute of limitations and indemnification issues […]
Another Reason to Always Respond (or Hensel Phelps Wins One!)
Here at Construction Law Musings, Hensel Phelps Construction Co. is best known as the company that got whipsawed between indemnity rules and the lack of a statute of limitations for state agencies. However a recent case out of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia gave them a win and illustrates, once […]
A New Statute of Limitations on Construction Claims by VA State Agencies?
I have discussed the Hensel Phelps case and the potential issues caused by both poorly drafted indemnity clauses and the lack of a statute of limitations applicable to the Commonwealth of Virginia and its agencies in 2017. New legislation (supported by various contractor groups including my friends at the AGC of Virginia) has been proposed […]