Judge: Contractor’s Failure To Install Secondary Drains Constituted Negligence

Mealey's (January 29, 2021, 2:01 PM EST) -- CHARLOTTE, N.C.  — A federal judge in North Carolina on Jan. 25 awarded partial summary judgment to the lessee of a warehouse that was damaged following a roof collapse after a heavy rainfall in 2016, finding that the roofing contractor was negligent for failing to install secondary drains that were required by the North Carolina Building Code and North Carolina Plumbing Code and that the weight of the excess rainwater from the storm resulting from poor drainage was the proximate cause of the collapse....