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Which AIA Forms Expired In 2018
A number of popular American Institute of Architects (AIA) documents actually expired in October of last year. This means that the 2007 version of A101, A102, A103, A201, A401 and B101 contract forms will not be able to be created or...
Florida Leads the Nation in Fatal Crashes Involving Drivers Over 65
Every year, Americans over the age of 65 move to the Sunshine State for rest and relaxation and to live out their retirement years. Others choose to visit several months out of the year, and are commonly referred to as ‘snow birds.’ Florida has a...
Can you be held liable for a workplace injury?
Be careful – owners and contractors are now being held criminally liable for their carelessness and disregard of safety protocols.
Safety may be job one on any number of job sites, but state and federal prosecutors are now charging developers, general contractors and subcontractors...
Elderly Passenger Medevacked from Carnival Cruise Ship
An 80-year-old female passenger was medevacked from a Carnival cruise ship, reportedly after a fall that injured her head. The fall required immediate medical attention. The passenger was traveling on the Carnival Ecstasy, which was approximately five hours into its five-day Bahama voyage after leaving...
Laws You Need To Know If You Are A Filmmaker
If you are a filmmaker hopefully you are aware of the many laws that come with it. As you have to make sure that your work does not infringe the rights of others. Below we are going to go over some very important...
Indemnification Agreement Not Enforceable
A concrete company rented a pumper and was using it at a job site when a construction worker was struck and injured by the pumper’s hose. Claims were filed against both the concrete company and the rental company that supplied the pumper. The...
Search Suspended for Royal Caribbean Crew Member Who Went Overboard
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Royal Caribbean crew member who reportedly fell overboard the Majesty of the Seas off the coast of Florida last Thursday. The 26-year-old, whose name has not been released, was seen falling overboard by fellow crew...
The Air Quality on Cruise Ship Decks- Worse Than We Thought
It turns out that the so-called fresh sea air you breathe in while on a cruise ship may not be as clean and invigorating as you think. In fact, according to a recent study produced by the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Heath, the...
Kid-Free Cruise Vacation Offered by Virgin Voyages
For many adults wishing to go on a relaxing cruise vacation, the thought of having to share this experience with children seems far from a vacation. A cruise can be a wonderful family trip, but many travelers wish to have this vacation without the presence...
Lawsuit Follows after Norwegian Cruise Turns into a Nightmare as Ship Sailed into Bomb Cyclone
Passengers and crew onboard the Norwegian Breakaway in January 2017 sailed directly into a nightmare situation as the ship stuck to its itinerary, despite countless warnings about a severe storm developing along the East coast and navigated right into the middle of a bomb cyclone....
Does Last Day on Job Impact Lien Deadline
Generally, the last day on the job doesn’t have much affect in calculating lien deadlines. Contractors are regularly called back to a job to address a punch list of items not quite done to the owner’s satisfaction. These tend to be more touch up tasks...
Teenage Boy Dies Following Fall from Eighth-Floor Balcony on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
Royal Caribbean has been hit with another tragedy after a teenage boy died after falling from an eighth-floor balcony while the cruise ship was docked in Haiti last week. It was reported that the 16-year-old boy was trying to climb into his room on the...