• October 28, 2026Construction DefectRuling IssuedTN

    Commercial Painting Company Inc. v. The Weitz Company LLC (Punitive Damages for Contractor Fraud Survive Contractual Waiver)

    The Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed on October 28, 2026 a trial court judgment of $8,359,863.83, including $3.9 million in punitive damages, against general contractor The Weitz Company, LLC in a fraud suit brought by its drywall subcontractor, Commercial Painting Company, Inc., over a Shelby County retirement-community project. The court rejected Weitz's argument that the parties' contractual waiver of…

  • November 26, 2025EnvironmentalFiledIN

    Travelers Property Casualty Co. v. Washington Shoppes LP (Dry-Cleaner PCE Contamination Coverage Dispute)

    Travelers Property Casualty Company of America and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company sued Washington Shoppes LP and property owner The Broadbent Company in Indiana state court, seeking a declaration that pollution-exclusion clauses in their policies bar coverage for remediation costs at an Indianapolis shopping center contaminated by a former dry-cleaning tenant. Sunrise Dry Cleaners operated at the site…

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