Legal and Regulatory
A Short History of Defective Building Delivery Damages
If Hammurabi were alive today, he would likely be a proponent of statutory, punitive and consequential damages to enforce his code. These would substantially add to a money judgment amount.
By David McGlone
December 7, 2017
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Legal and Regulatory
by David McGlone
David McGlone is an experienced first chair trial litigator with over 26 years of experience. He handles a broad range of commercial litigation matters with a primary focus on construction law. He practices in all phases of trial work in federal and superior courts as well as in arbitration, assisting clients by developing creative pre-trial remedies and results-oriented trial strategies. David regularly represents clients in acceleration and inefficiency claims, assertion and perfection of mechanic’s liens and bond claims, collection, bid protests and claim arbitration, defective plans and specifications claims, AIA drafting contracts and direct pay claims.
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