On January 30, 2019, Boca Raton Senior Associate, Hayley Newman presented oral argument on Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment in JAFCO v. D&S Plumbing, a case involving construction and design defects at a children’s center in Broward County. Senior Partner Christopher Burrows authored the Motion for Summary Judgment with assistance from Hayley Newman. The plaintiff initiated this lawsuit against the general contractor, alleging construction defects and deficiencies in the work performed on the project.  The general contractor filed a Third Party Complaint against its subcontractors, including our client a plumbing subcontractor. The general contractor’s four causes of action in the Third Party Complaint included contractual indemnity/breach of contract, common law indemnity, contribution, and negligence, alleging breach of its indemnification obligation in the subcontract. Read more