In densely populated metropolitan areas such as New York City, contractors will often encounter situations where they have to install underpinning on an adjacent property in order to prevent, or limit, damaging it during construction operations that excavate below the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Underpinning
Insurance Coverage for Damage to Building Caused By Excavation Next Door?
The New York State Court of Appeals, in its 2009 decision in Pioneer Towers Owners Ass’n v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Company, held that damage to a building caused by excavation work being conducted on an adjacent property was … Continue reading
Construction Collapses: Responding to the Emergency from a Legal Standpoint
The construction industry is dangerous. Major construction accidents can involve both a risk to life and property damage that can sometimes reach liability in the millions of dollars. In tight urban environments, like New York City, the risk of damage … Continue reading
Economic Damages to Adjacent Property
In general, when the property adjacent to a construction site is damaged as a result of the work being done, the contractor is required to indemnify the property owner for any claims brought against him for the damage to the … Continue reading
Abnormally Dangerous Construction Activities
In 1969, New York joined a majority of other jurisdictions which hold that one who engages in blasting work will be responsible for any injury to neighboring properties caused by the blasting, regardless of fault. In Spano v. Perini Corp. … Continue reading
