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California Supreme Court

May 7, 2014

A potential high court headache for architects, designers

On Wednesday, the state high court will hear arguments regarding to whom architects and designers owe a duty of care. By Neal Salisian and Katharine Miner


By Neal Salisian and Katharine Miner


Architects and other design professionals might become the latest target of injured home purchasers looking to recoup their losses from the real estate market crash. Much like the asbestos tort world has seen liability bleed into defendants further and further distanced from the actual tortfeasors, real estate professionals are now too seeing this expansion of liability into seemingly unrelated third parties to a failed transa...

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