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Is It Time for Contractors to "Wrap Up"?
PRESENTED BY THE USLAW CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE GROUP
by Kathy Davis, Carr Allison Pugh Howard Oliver & Sisson, Birmingham, AL
The times are changing and construction projects are changing too. Many contractors are moving from typical insurance policies to “wrap-up” policies. A “wrap up” policy (also known as an owner controlled insurance policy or OCIP) is an increasingly popular insurance procurement option that allows coverages for multiple insureds to be bundled (or wrapped up) into a consolidated program.
Other Construction Articles in This Issue...
When You Build a City on the Hill....The ADA is Implicated: A Case Review
General Contractor Not Entitled To Summary Judgment
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The Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity Wll Not Insulate Municipality From Its Breaches of Implied Covenants
by David Corkum, Donovan Hatem LLP, Boston, MA
An important limitation on the breadth of the sovereign immunity doctrine is illustrated in the case of Champagne-Webber, Inc. and Miles Anderson Contracting, Inc. v. The City of Ft. Lauderdale, a Municipal Corporation, 519 So. 2nd 696 (1988), where the contractor appealed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment that had resulted in the dismissal of the contractor’s action based on an overly broad application of the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
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When You Build a City on the Hill....The ADA is Implicated: A Case Review
by Jay Gregory, Donovan Hatem, LLP, Boston, MA
This article describes a case in which an engineering firm, Engineering, Inc. , was retained to design improvements to the streetscape of a small, suburban town, (“Town”) located in a hilly section of central Massachusetts. The design of the streetscape improvements implicated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and state accessibility regulations.
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USLAW and the City
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May 20 - 22, 2004
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Environmental / Toxic / Mass Tort
Birmingham, AL
Carr Allison Pugh Howard Oliver & Sisson, P.A.
Phoenix, AZ
Jones Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C.
Tucson, AZ
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Los Angeles, CA
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Santa Barbara, CA
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San Diego, CA
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San Francisco, CA
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Jacksonville, FL
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Miami, FL
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Tallahassee, FL
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Atlanta, GA
Hall Booth Smith & Slover, P.C.
Chicago, IL
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Louisville, KY
Greenebaum Doll and McDonald, P.L.L.C.
New Orleans, LA
McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy Maxwell & McDaniel, P.C.
Boston, MA
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Detroit, MI
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St. Paul, MN
Larson King, L.L.P.
Gulfport, MS
Carr Allison Pugh Howard Oliver & Sisson, P.A.
Ridgeland, MS
Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P.A.
St. Louis, MO
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Albuquerque, NM
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Alberston, NY
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Hawthorne, NY
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Dickinson, ND
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Akron, OH
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Oklahoma City, OK
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Philadelphia, PA
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Columbia, SC
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Charleston, SC
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Pierre, SD
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Memphis, TN
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San Antonio, TX
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