FIC: Construction Defect Claim Changes Move to House Floor
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1271, a bill designed to move more construction defect claims to settlement via mediation, was unanimously approved by its last House Committee, Judiciary, on April 20, 2017. It will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The Senate companion bill, SB 1164,…