Apr 14, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
We’ve got two new provisions to the Code of Virginia as of this last legislative session which create a perpetual, non-reverting fund to facilitate the remediation of property impacted by the use of “Defective Drywall” in residential construction....
Apr 12, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
I spent this weekend thinking about the significant victory for Virginia home owners in the Chinese drywall litigation that was tried as part of the pending class action in New Orleans. It may have mattered quite a bit that this ruling was issued in New Orleans as...
Apr 9, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
As reported today by Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly, seven Virginia families were awarded $2.6 million in damages by New Orleans federal Judge Eldon Fallon. The whopping verdict allowed recovery of extensive damages, but denied recovery due to loss of value stigma...
Apr 8, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
I had the pleasure and privilege of testifying as an expert witness in a case last week. I have been retained as an expert a number of times and have now been qualified as such in two court proceedings and an arbitration hearing. It is fascinating how the view of the...
Apr 7, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Please contact commercial leasing attorney John Kelly jkelly@beankinney.com should you have any questions concerning this article or require assistance. Earlier this year, Judge Bellows of the Circuit Court for Fairfax County found that repairing and replacing...
Apr 6, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
I just received an interesting and exciting e-mail I wanted to share with our readers. Our friend Matt Handal has been involved with creating an iPhone application for the architecture, engineering and construction industries to share information and links. He just...