Author: David Adelstein
Posted: January 21, 2023, 2:55 pm
Author: David Adelstein
Posted: January 14, 2023, 3:07 pm
An interesting case came out of Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal that touches upon two important points. First, the independent tort doctrine does not apply when there is not a contract between the parties. Second, an officer cannot escape fraud simply by claiming his or her actions were done as an officer of the […]
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Author: Edward Garber
Posted: December 27, 2022, 12:24 pm
If you are in a construction dispute where you are pursuing a construction lien foreclosure action, recording a lis pendens is crucial. Did I say crucial? “[O]ne purpose of a notice of lis pendens is to alert all others that title to the property is involved in litigation and that ‘future purchasers or encumbrancers of […]
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Author: Edward Garber
Posted: December 17, 2022, 2:49 pm
Author: Edward Garber
Posted: December 10, 2022, 9:06 pm
Author: Edward Garber
Posted: December 3, 2022, 4:26 pm
Author: Edward Garber
Posted: November 19, 2022, 7:31 pm
A professional services exclusion in a commercial general liability policy means something. It’s an exclusion an insurer will rely on to avoid insurance coverage based on “professional services” performed or rendered by the insured. Don’t take it from me. Take it from the recent opinion in Colony Insurance Company v. Coastal Construction Management, LLC, 2022 […]
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Author: Edward Garber
Posted: November 12, 2022, 6:09 pm
Author: Edward Garber
Posted: November 5, 2022, 6:00 pm
Author: Edward Garber
Posted: October 29, 2022, 3:06 pm