When I was in grammar school, the class wise guy was a kid named Nicky DeLuca. One day, we were in gym class, and the coach was trying to teach us the importance of fundamentals in basketball.
“You have to have a strong foundation,” the coach said. “It’s like building a house. You have to…
The late, great comedian Alan King used to tell a story that went like this: “The other day, my house caught fire. My lawyer said, ‘Shouldn’t be a problem. What kind of coverage do you have?’ I said, ‘Fire and theft.’ The lawyer frowned. ‘Uh oh. Wrong kind. Should be fire OR theft.’”
Recently, a…
It’s amazing how, when the economy tanked, construction defects began to multiply exponentially. I’m not (necessarily) trying to ascribe purely financial motives to the plaintiffs in these cases, but there’s no doubt that, at my firm at least, we’ve seen a marked increase in the amount of coverage litigation over construction defects.
So, what’s the…