CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL

"News and Information for Construction Defect and Claims Professionals"

CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2026

CDJ ARCHIVES-NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED

WSHB Managing Partner Chad Dunigan Named Finalist for Jerrold S. Oliver "Ollie" Award of Excellence- Wood Smith Henning Berman

Pursuing Claims for Loss Caused by Recent Kona Low Storms for Homeowners and Businesses- Tred R. Eyerly - Insurance Law Hawaii

Motion for Summary Judgment Granted in Significant California Public Utilities Suit- Dolores Montoya - Bremer Whyte Brown & O'Meara LLP

Ninth Circuit Holds That Policies Covering Environmental Claims Do Not Have Aggregate Limits- Lorelie S. Masters & Joseph T. Niczky - Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog

Prefatory Contract Language Cannot Be Used to Create an Ambiguity with Operative Provisions- David Adelstein - Florida Construction Legal Updates

HDR Agreed to $12M Settlement With Miami Bridge Design-Build Team- Richard Korman - Engineering News-Record

EPA Steps Back, Arizona Moves Forward- Patrick J. Paul, John Habib & Sukhmani K. Singh - Snell & Wilmer

Louisiana Enacts Important Tort Reform Legislation- Lee M. Peacocke & Benjamin Perkins - Lewis Brisbois

White and Williams LLP Secures Trio of Cyber Coverage Wins- Gabriel Darwick & Sean Elman - White and Williams LLP

PJM’s Reliability Backstop Procurement Proposal—Fast-Track Capacity to Meet Rising Large-Load Demand- Stephen J. Humes, Alicia M. McKnight, Jason Drogin Atwood & Andrew H. Jacobs - Gravel2Gavel

Ayushi Neogi Published in ADC Defense Comment on Arbitration in Evolving Plaintiff-Friendly Landscape- Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Lost in Translation: AEC Tech’s Missing Role- Aarni Heiskanen - AEC Business

Steel Cooling: Steel Costs Steadily Decline After Pandemic Price Shock- Construction Executive