New Jersey Panel:  Architect Not Required To Indemnify Builder For Warranty Breach

(August 14, 2019, 2:04 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey appeals court panel on Aug. 13 upheld a trial court judge’s denial of a builder’s request to find an architect liable for $3 million in damages awarded to a condominium owners’ association by a jury, finding that an indemnification agreement between the parties requires the architect to indemnify the builder only for the architect’s negligence and that the jury’s decision was based on the builder’s breach of express warranty that common areas were fit for their intended use (Grandview at Riverwalk Port Imperial Condominium Association Inc. v. K. Hovnanian at Port Imperial Urban Renewal II LLC, et al., No. A-2308-17T2, N.J. Super. App. Div., 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1771)....

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