LEGAL ISSUES (REF. BALLAST CH.2)

Question 1

What are 3 ways an architect can be negligent?

Answer 1

1. Legal Duty - established between partners
2. Breached Contract
3. Damages or injury suffered caused by the breach of duty

Question 2

Betterment

Answer 2

Defense claim applied to omissions by architect not an error

-to minimize consequences pay full claim of the difference between noted cost and extra cost of labor/material

Question 3

Statute of Limitations

Answer 3

Limit to which claims can be used