Codes and Standards
Injury-liability law responsible for higher construction insurance cost in New York
By BD+C Staff
March 3, 2014
Construction contractors and developers in New York state face $3 billion more in costs and 667 more accidents per year because of a state law that holds builders solely liable for such accidents, according to a study commissioned by the New York Civil Justice Institute.
Opponents of the law say it results in higher construction insurance costs.
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