So many times during the claim negotiation process we see owners factor in the cost of litigation when determining what they would be willing to settle a claim for. As a claims analyst and a member of the litigation support team, this can be frustrating. Maybe it is because of the fact that the money [...]

Lately I have been into quotes. Whether they are famous quotes by famous people, famous quotes that have in turn made people famous, or simply statements made by individuals like you and me that have stuck with me and are remembered from time to time. Above my computer monitor, I have a quote that reads, [...]

This past Sunday I decided to give the local newspaper’s crossword puzzle a try. I pounded away at it for a good hour and then decided that I wasn’t savvy enough in word games to conquer it. Twenty minutes later my wife walks into the kitchen, slides the same crossword puzzle in front of her [...]

Let me first start off with my excuse: I was in Florida visiting my in-laws when the Casey Anthony trial began; it was all over the television down there and I absolutely had no choice but to watch it. There, now that I have eliminated any confusion as to why my wife and I DVR [...]

Well, the construction season for transportation/heavy highway work is underway. However, with all of the cost efficient ways of performing temperature sensitive work in cold weather, is there still in essence a “construction season” anymore? The phrase may no longer be applicable for the transportation industry, but it most definitely is applicable for the educational [...]

Whether loss is measured in lives, land, freedom or finance, it is most likely agreed by all that both sides experience some degree of loss whether they win or lose a war. In the world of construction litigation, many times both sides look at the process as a war, and almost always do both sides [...]

Living in the Northeast, it seems as though January 2011 was the quintessential month for a contractor to submit a weather related claim for equitable compensation based upon the extraordinary amount of precipitation that this past month has brought us. Will these claims be warranted? Well, that depends upon the contract. However, it is a [...]