Consultant liability
Paul v. Landsafe Flood Determination, Inc.
The Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court decision dismissing homeowners' negligence suit against a company for erroneously determining that their home was not located in a flood zone. Based on that determination, the homeowners were not...
Lincoln Alameda Creek v. Cooper Indus.
The court holds that the seller of real property, whom the buyer alleges sold the property with soil contamination, is not entitled to indemnification or contribution from the buyer's environmental consultant, who reported before the...