In today’s litigious society, no profession can escape the cost and aggravation of legal claims and suits Design Professionals, architects and engineers, are no exception

Lead poisoning of young children is a well established public health concern Most publicity in the past has focused on the hazards of lead based paint that was used extensively until the late 1960s and early 1970s in houses and apartments

Dust off those old law school books and turn of the century cases: privity of contract is making a comeback in Michigan Privity of contract, historically was a bar to certain tort law suits, such as product liability and professional liability cases filed by injured persons against other parties with whom they had no direct contractual relationship

Consumer products in the United States have not had significant levels of benzene for decades, yet Plaintiffs’ counsel have filed thousands of cases, often called trace benzene suits, asserting that various consumer products such as degreasers, carburetor cleaners, mineral spirits, and paints have caused their clients to contract Leukemia, aplastic anemia or other blood related diseases