The most recent edition of The Dispute Resolver addresses various factors which should be evaluated when preparing to mediate a construction dispute, including issues related to determining a defendant’s potential exposure. It also provides updates in construction law, including recent case law in Illinois which addresses a construction manager’s duty (or lack thereof) owing to a subcontractor’s employee who is injured on a job site. The most recent edition of The Dispute Resolver can be found at the following link: The Dispute Resolver, February 2012.
Attorney Anthony Osborn is a member of the Publications Subcommittee for Division I of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. Division I focuses on dispute avoidance and resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and trials. As a member of Division I’s Publications Subcommittee, Anthony works in conjunction with other construction law attorneys to generate, edit and publish Division I’s newsletter, The Dispute Resolver. Members of the Construction Forum represent all facets of the construction industry, including but not limited to owners, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors, suppliers, construction managers, insurers and sureties. The Construction Forum’s mission is to serve the construction industry through education and leadership. The Goosmann Law Firm, located in Sioux City, Iowa, has attorneys licensed in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and California.