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Perspective

Nov. 27, 2010

A Banner Year for Contractors

A look back on a year where contractors won many of their bids in court. By Bernard S. Kamine of Kamine Collings & Phelps.


By Bernard S. Kamine


A look at how the California appellate courts have made 2010 a banner year for contractors: First, Los Angeles Unified School District v. Great American Insurance Co., 49 Cal.4th 739 (2010) makes it clear that proof of an affirmative misrepresentation by a public agency is not an element of a cause of action for either nondisclosure of material facts or breach of the warranty of correctness of the plans. This was never a questi...

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