Construction Defects and Insurance

A Video Explaining the Remedies Available for Defects

Construction defect suits are now flooding the courts of North America in greater numbers every year. Construction Defects & Insurance is designed to help the property owner, builder, construction professional, insurer, insurance professional, construction defect plaintiffs’ lawyer, construction defect defense lawyer, and those who support them.

Anyone faced with construction defect issues can use the series of books to effectively avoid or resolve claims of such defects. It covers identification of construction defects, and explains how to insure, investigate, prosecute, or defend litigation that results from claims of construction defect.

Construction Defects and Insurance addresses a wide audience about this escalating, expensive and excessive problem that makes it hazardous to build any structure without sufficient and broad insurance protection. The attorney representing a defendant or plaintiff in a construction defect suit will find this series of books a useful resource to help counsel understand the claims of multiple parties, insurers, and experts involved.

Construction defect suits are now flooding the courts of North America in greater numbers every year. Construction Defects & Insurance is designed to help the property owner, builder, construction professional, insurer, insurance professional, construction defect plaintiffs’ lawyer, construction defect defense lawyer, and those who support them.

Anyone faced with construction defect issues can use the series of books to effectively avoid or resolve claims of such defects. It covers identification of construction defects, and explains how to insure, investigate, prosecute, or defend litigation that results from claims of construction defect.

Construction Defects and Insurance addresses a wide audience about this escalating, expensive and excessive problem that makes it hazardous to build any structure without sufficient and broad insurance protection. The attorney representing a defendant or plaintiff in a construction defect suit will find this series of books a useful resource to help counsel understand the claims of multiple parties, insurers, and experts involved.

Negligence has the same definitions regardless of the state where it is alleged. It has been defined as: “a legal duty owed to the Plaintiff by the Defendant; a breach of that duty; an actual injury to the Plaintiff; and a showing that the breach was a proximate cause of the injury." “A breach of duty exists when it is foreseeable that one’s conduct may likely injure the person to whom the duty is owed.”

The California Supreme Court upheld a judgment for property damage caused by negligent residential construction in Sabella v. Wisler, 59 Cal.2d 21, 27-30 (1963). The defendant had built a house and offered it for sale to the general public. As it turned out, the defendant’s negligent preparation of the lot, in combination with a subcontractor’s careless plumbing work, later caused leaks, subsidence, and damage to the house. The purchasers sued for negligence.

© 2021 – Barry Zalma
Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE, now limits his practice to service as an insurance consultant specializing in insurance coverage, insurance claims handling, insurance bad faith and insurance fraud almost equally for insurers and policyholders.

He also serves as an arbitrator or mediator for insurance related disputes. He practiced law in California for more than 44 years as an insurance coverage and claims handling lawyer and more than 54 years in the insurance business.

He is available at http://www.zalma.com and zalma@zalma.com. Mr. Zalma is the first recipient of the first annual Claims Magazine/ACE Legend Award. Over the last 53 years Barry Zalma has dedicated his life to insurance, insurance claims and the need to defeat insurance fraud. He has created the following library of books and other materials to make it possible for insurers and their claims staff to become insurance claims professionals.

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