Design Defect Claims Contractors Can Sue Designers Directly

摘要

The Pennsylvania supreme Court recently issued a decision granting contractors a major victory to recover monetary damages in claims against architects and engineers. In Bilt-Rite Contractors v. The Architectural Studio, the court ruled for the first time that contractors can sue design professionals directly in state court for monetary losses and damages resulting from misrepresentations and errors in design information, even when the contractor does not have a contract with the design professional.