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Contracts Are King, But Don’t Forget Tort Law

By Guy Randles on August 23, 2017
Posted in Construction Claims, Construction Contracts, Tort Law

The construction industry is driven by its memorialization of business terms and legal obligations in written contracts.  However, “tort” law also imposes many implied rights and obligations independent of what parties may have formally agreed to, the foremost of which is to use reasonable care so as to avoid damage to others. In my recent …

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