Clifford J. Shapiro
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Articles
Inadvertent Construction Defects Are an ‘Occurrence’ Under the CGL Insurance Policy
USA - February 25 2020 Whether property damage caused by defective construction work constitutes an accidental “occurrence” under the standard form Commercial General…
Windy City Ranks as the Greenest City in the United States
USA - December 20 2019 For the third year in a row, Chicago has been named the greenest city to work in the United States by the 2019 Green Building Adoption Index…
Ohio Supreme Court Finds Statute of Repose Applies To All Claims - But It Might Not Matter
USA - October 18 2019 In New Riegel Local School District Board of Education v. Buehrer Group Architecture & Engineering, Inc., the Supreme Court of Ohio reversed…
Chicago’s Willis Tower - No Longer the Highest Roof in the Western Hemisphere
USA - August 2 2019 Well, it had to happen someday. Though Chicago’s Willis Tower hasn’t held the honor of being the world’s tallest building since 1998 and dropped off…
Indiana Federal Court Bars City’s Negligence Claim Against Subcontractor, Allows Breach of Contract Claim Despite Lack of Privity
USA - July 10 2019 An Indiana federal court applied the Indiana economic loss rule to bar the city of Whiting from recovering most of the negligence damages it claimed…
