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Claims Retrospective: Maintaining Proper Licensure
In Claims onNot holding the proper licensure can cause complications for an engineer’s claims defense and professional liability coverage.
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Certificates of Merit May Offer Some Defense and Insights
In Claims onTo prevent unmeritorious errors and omissions claims from proceeding against licensed professionals, including licensed professional engineers, a minority of state…
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Claims Retrospective: Engineers Should Recognize High-Risk Projects and Take Added Measures to Protect Themselves
In Claims onThere has been an increase in claims involving high-risk projects in the past few years. Additionally, more engineers who do…
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Claims Retrospective: Engineers Should Be Prepared for Boomerang Claims
In Claims onSometimes, claimants or their counsels cast a wide net at the beginning of a dispute, sending demand letters and/or filing…
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Claims Retrospective: Fee Disputes Often Lead to Retaliatory Actions Against Engineers
In Claims onWaiting for payment for services rendered can quickly become frustrating if the client is slow to pay, or never sends…
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Claims Retrospective: Identify and Document the Work You’re Hired to Do—and Not Do
It is not unusual to discover problems outside a project's scope of work that may adversely affect the outcome, especially…
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Jurisdictions Where the Economic Loss Doctrine Bars Extra-Contractual Claims Highlight the Importance of Well-Drafted Contracts
The economic loss doctrine is the legal principle that economic loss may not be recovered under a negligence or tort…
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Claims Retrospective: Subrogation Demystified
Meticulous Engineer was hired to do the calculations for the demolition plans in connection with the renovation of Old Warehouse.…
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Claim Retrospective: Clients’ Unauthorized Use of Plans and Drawings or Seal and Stamp
Unfortunately, clients commonly use engineers' plans and drawings on subsequent projects without the engineer's permission. Even worse, clients have altered…
