(Source: Associated General Contractors of California) By: Kate Mergen, Director, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs 2/19/2016 In late December 2015, the appellate court issued a ruling on a case in which a drywall subcontractor who performed work on a project in Southern California was strictly liable for damages stemming from defects in the building materials and supplies that were installed. Though this company had purchased the materials from a supplier and never sold the materials itself, the court ruled that the...
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