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Construction Defects

Nov 3
2 min

For sale: three bedrooms, two baths, and the builder's wiggle room.

Third-party home buyer “warranties” for new homes may induce buyers to give up stronger legal rights to correct construction defects.

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The “L” word your building contractor can’t resist has a catch.

W. Cory Reiss

Aug 3
2 min

The “L” word your building contractor can’t resist has a catch.

The risk is that a homeowner fights at the peril of paying both the contractor’s fees and her own. But the threat may be double-edged.

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Blinded by the light: How insurance carriers learn the virtue of good faith.

W. Cory Reiss

May 26
2 min

Blinded by the light: How insurance carriers learn the virtue of good faith.

Where good faith disagreement ends and bad faith refusal to settle begins can be a very tricky line to identify.

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The grass is always greener when it's artificial turf.

W. Cory Reiss

Apr 24
3 min

The grass is always greener when it's artificial turf.

Just take a moment to marvel at the amounts spent by a well-heeled HOA to hold at bay the evils of artificial turf.

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Nursing home case may defuse some contract landmines.

W. Cory Reiss

Apr 21
3 min

Nursing home case may defuse some contract landmines.

Arbitration agreements require parties to avoid court and take their dispute before a private panel or single arbitrator.

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