Construction Law & Litigation
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Overview
Cozen O'Connor offers both the experience of individual lawyers and the resources of a national law firm. Our extensive knowledge of the construction industry and expansive experience in the handling of construction-related matters includes the negotiation of construction-related contracts to the representation of clients in litigation resulting from construction related accidents and construction defects cases.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Cozen O'Connor has represented architects and other design professionals, site owners, general contractors, all types of subcontractors, construction managers, aerial suppliers and manufacturers in construction-related accidents and construction defects cases across the country in both state and federal courts and at the trial and appellate levels.
Our lawyers have been involved as national counsel for a variety of clients. Cozen O'Connor’s breadth of experience makes us well-suited to handle any issue. There is no construction-related litigation that this firm cannot handle.
Our team of seasoned trial attorneys has tried cases in virtually every state in the U.S., as well as in London and Canada. When appropriate and in order to advance our clients' goals and objectives, we make use of alternate dispute resolution (ADR) methods such as mediation and arbitration. Our success rate employing ADR methods is bolstered by the backing of our strong trial team.
CASES WE HANDLE
Our attorneys routinely handle defense of construction-related accidents and construction defect cases. Major claim categories include:
- Office buildings
- Shopping centers
- Commercial and industry structures
- Highways
- Bridges
- Dams
- Docks
- Piers
- All types of residential structures, from single family dwellings to townhouses and high-rise condominium buildings to apartment house complexes
We handle all types of cases, including injuries arising from falls from ladders, scaffold collapses, material hoist and heavy machinery, and construction accident cases, including property damage claims arising out of adjacent building damage due to allegations of failure to underpin during excavation operations and fire damage.
The causes of action we have defended have been both in common law and statutory claims, some imposing strict liability. We have also handled construction defect cases involving claims of water infiltration, defective façade, curtain walls, defective plumbing materials, structural weakening and collapse.