Cracks in the Plaster: Construction Defect Litigation
I think CD litigation is a general scam. In the numerous cases I have worked on, exactly one was meritorious. That one involved concrete pads slowly sinking out of site in marshy residential lots. The rest are bogus and benefit only plaintff's lawyers, developer's lawyers and a few members of an expert's cottage industry. Notice I specifically did not mention plaintiffs as beneficiaries. I'll explain why later.
"You put up these buildings. Even though no one has noticed anything wrong, no one has been injured, nothing has been damaged; by virtue of the fact that you put them up, there must be defects in them. Therefore we will sue."
This is accurate. I'll be follwowing up with a history and critique of the construction defect sytem and recommendations for reform in the next few weeks. Visit often!
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