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Construction Blog
October 18, 2018

Construction Professionals Beware: Does Your Insurance Policy Cover Construction-Defect Claims?

A recent Missouri Court of Appeals held that commercial general liability insurance does not provide coverage against certain construction-defect claims. In View Home Owners Association v. The Burlington Insurance Company, the court was presented with the question of whether the commercial general liability policy at issue provided coverage for negligent acts allegedly committed during the re-development of a blighted building into condominium units.

Construction Blog
February 1, 2018

Contractor Lien/Bond Rights in Missouri

The decision by the Supreme Court of Missouri in Brentwood Glass Company, Inc. v. Pal’s Glass Service, Inc., creates a crack in the seamless continuum of payment protection previously afforded to subcontractors on non-residential construction projects in Missouri. Subcontractors have for decades believed – with good cause – that regardless of whether the property on which they worked was privately-owned or owned by a governmental body, they are afforded statutory security for payments due them.