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Sedgwick
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SPRING 2010


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California Court's Ruling Turns Prompt Pay 'Hammer' Into Child's Plastic Toy

By Andrew C. Harris

Subcontractors have viewed California's prompt payment statutes as a hammer to hold over the head of general contractors to ensure timely payment of undisputed money...   Find out more→

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Environmental Regulatory Impacts on the Construction Contract:  Storm Water Discharge Legislation Reminder

By Deirdre M. Dawson

On July 1, 2010, the California State Water Resources Control Board's (the Water Board) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Storm Water Runoff (the CA Permit) goes into effect,...   Find out more→

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Employer on Multi-Employer Worksite Has Duty To Warn Other Companies' Employees

By James S. Brown and Marilyn Klinger

IIn Miguel Suarez, et al. v. Pacific Northstar Mechanical, Inc., 180 Cal.App.4th 430, 103 Cal.Rptr.3d 168, a California Court of Appeal rejected employees' arguments to expand the common law on the duty to warn...   Find out more→

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Attorney Honors--Marilyn Klinger

 

Marilyn Klinger, head of Sedgwick's Construction Practices Group, was honored as the winner of the biennial James Acret Award for outstanding achievement in construction law legal writing...  Find out more →

Construction Practices Group -- About Us

Sedgwick has established a record of successfully protecting the interests of general contractors, subcontractors, sureties, project owners and developers  (commercial, public and residential), design professionals and material suppliers.  The firm's construction attorneys represent clients in matters ranging from commercial and governmental projects to private and commercial residential construction.  Find out more →

 


 

 

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