Month: March 2019

Readers in the District of Columbia Metropolitan Area undoubtedly know of the Silver Spring Transit Center, a construction project famous for wide-ranging, complicated disputes. The center’s owners (Montgomery County and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) sued the designer, inspector and general contractor for more than $75 million for allegedly defective design and construction. Unsurprisingly, this … Read moreA case study in the importance of teamwork in construction defect defense

It is not a word many of us use in everyday conversation: privity. But this legal term is important in discussions of contracts because there must be “privity” – a legally recognized interest in the same matter – for one party (a property owner) to sue another (a general contractor). In some situations, a property … Read moreConstruction defect defense: privity