Description

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Whether preparing for a trial, formulating a claim for maximum effect, or evaluating a claim for purposes of settlement strategy, this book serves as a primary legal and practical reference. Combining legal theory with practical advice, Construction Damages and Remedies supplies useful background and specific recommendations to use when evaluating a claim for settlement, drafting complaints and answers, advising a client preparing a request for equitable adjustment of a public contract, and negotiating the risk allocation features of a construction or design contract. Written by a team of experienced construction attorneys, this guide supplies specific and valuable recommendations on how to articulate claims for damages and outlines the major principles of identifying, calculating, allocating, and recovering damages in connection with public and private contracts for design, construction, and supply. Keeping the material current, the book's extensive legal citations are supplemented with references to sections in the West Key Number system. Topics covered include: - Remedies and damages related to bidding - Remedies and damages available to owners - Design professional liability to clients - Contractor and subcontractor remedies for breach - Tort damages - And much more.

About the Author

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W. Alexander Moseley is a member of the law firm Hand Arendall LLC, in its Mobile, Alabama, office, where his practice is devoted primarily to advocacy for construction contractors, subcontractors, owners, and designers, in both negotiation of construction and design contracts and dispute resolution, as well as general commercial and business litigation. Authors: Leslie O'Neal-Coble, A. Holt Gwyn, Douglas S. Oles, C. Allen Gibson, Jr., Charles M. Sink, W. Alexander Moseley, Bradley Smith, Mike Switzer, and Jeffrey A. Sykes