Tag Archives: Construction Litigation

Mound Cotton’s Katz on Builders Risk 1

Mark Katz is a partner with Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass in New York. This month he shared his views with HB on builders risk insurance issues, including basic coverage concepts, delay in completion coverage, measuring the delay, and more. See and hear what he had to say this clip, the first of four.


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VIDEO: Chinese Drywall – Excess Carrier Investigations?

Matthew Jacobs Esq. of Jenner & Block LLP in Washington, DC and Owen Shean Esq. of Akerman Senterfitt, Vienna, Va., spoke at HB Litigation Conferences’ Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Update on Nov. 11 in New Orleans on a session titled “Claims Processing: Special Considerations for Various Parties.”  In this clip, the attorneys field a [...]


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VIDEO: Chinese Drywall – The Defendants & Louisiana’s Direct Action Statute

Kay Baxter Esq., Swetman Baxter Massenburg LLC spoke at HB Litigation Conferences’ Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Update on Nov. 11 in New Orleans.  In this clip she spoke about how a change of risk can cost a homeowner their coverage.  She discussed the many defendants being implicated in CDW actions, such as property owners, [...]


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VIDEO: Chinese Drywall – Developing Your Defendant Client’s Story

Leigh Ann Schell, Kuchler Polk Schell Weinter & Richeson spoke at HB Litigation Conferences’ Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Update on Nov. 11 in New Orleans.  In this clip, she is talking about the “crowded defense table,” all the various parties that are being brought into CDW litigation.  She talks about the importance of “developing [...]


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VIDEO: Chinese Drywall – Pursuing Companies in China

Daniel Harris with Harris & Moure PLLC, Seattle, spoke at HB Litigation Conferences’ Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Update on Nov. 11 in New Orleans in a session titled “Service Obstacles, Alternative Case Structures & Judgments Involving Chinese Defendants.”  Will anyone get money from the Chinese? What’s the chance of having a U.S. judgment enforced [...]


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VIDEO: Chinese Drywall – How Big is This Going to Be?

Bruce Hallock, PSP, CFCC, VP-Construction Consulting Practice, Marsh USA, spoke at HB Litigation Conferences’ Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Update on Nov. 11 in New Orleans.  In this clip, Hallock talks about the numbers of home affected.  Did the drywall go into the stream of traffic?  Number of homes not as high as many people [...]


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VIDEO: Chinese Drywall – Remediation Protocol

Bruce Hallock, PSP, CFCC, VP-Construction Consulting Practice, Marsh USA, spoke at HB Litigation Conferences’ Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Update on Nov. 11 in New Orleans on remediation protocol.  What are the most important considerations? Human safety?  Science?  What treatments are out there?  How long do they take?  What’s the cost and who is performing [...]


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VIDEO: Chinese Drywall – Hazard Modeling

Paul Hinton, VP, NERA Economic Consulting spoke at HB Litigation Conferences’ Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Update on Nov. 11 in New Orleans.  He spoke on assessing the potential costs, claims and settlement – and the methods behind hazard modeling.  Watch the clip to see a generous portion of his presentation. Video by U.S. Legal [...]


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VIDEO: Chinese Drywall – Considerations for Insurance Policyholders

Matthew Jacobs Esq. of Jenner & Block LLP in Washington, DC and Owen Shean Esq. of Akerman Senterfitt, Vienna, Va., spoke at HB Litigation Conferences’ Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Update on Nov. 11 in New Orleans on a session titled “Claims Processing: Special Considerations for Various Parties.”  He discusses release agreements, remedial measures, preservation [...]


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VIDEO: Chinese Drywall – Proving Causation

During HB Litigation Conferences’ “Chinese Drywall Litigation & Insurance Update” on Nov. 11 in New Orleans, Richard Parent Ph.D., Hung Cheung M.D., Hilarie Bass of  Greenberg Traurig and Michael Ryan of Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee shared their insights during a session titled “Toxicity & Health Damage:  Proving Causation.”  See what [...]


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