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Johnson & Bell’s Construction group employs innovative and creative methods to represent private, public, local and international clients. Our cases involve architect and engineering malpractice, construction site accidents, construction defects, contract disputes, contract drafting, insurance coverage disputes, OSHA investigations and citation proceedings, property damage claims, publicly-bid project disputes, mechanics lien disputes, risk management, and litigation related to roads and bridges.
Our clients include owners, developers, architects, engineers, general contractors, construction managers and subcontractors in both commercial and residential construction projects. We realize the best option for our clients is often not to be involved in litigation at all. Therefore, our risk management practice focuses on evaluating safety programs and operations procedures to identify potential areas of liability. We also perform on-site seminars to educate risk and operations managers, as well as workers themselves, on a variety of safety and liability topics. These forums help our clients to accurately assess both existing risks and potential areas of liability. Our contract-drafting practice aims to protect our clients, both contractually and in terms of insurance coverage, in the event litigation arises. In such cases, we also assist clients in tendering the defense based upon the contractual risk-transfer program established.
Representative Cases
- Represented design/builder in personal injury litigation arising from development of 3 million square-foot project insured under wrap-up program.
- Represented residential home developer in litigation arising from alleged injuries to subcontractor employees during development of project.
- Represented commercial and residential contractors in OSHA citation proceedings.
- Represented contractor in alleged improper bid award arising from municipal waste water treatment project.
- Represented highway safety contractor in litigation arising from alleged improper signage on highway to alert oncoming traffic of construction zone.
- Represented owner of scaffolding in scaffold collapse from high-rise building.
- Represented owner of building in suits arising from porch collapse.
- Represented national retailer in OSHA citation proceedings alleging repeat, willful violations of OSHA.
- Represented contractor in construction defect litigation for alleged defects at U.S. Cellular Field.
- Represented contractor in construction defect litigation for alleged defects at Northern Illinois University.
- Represented State and electrical contractor in litigation arising from highway lighting and signal construction and maintenance.
- Represented subcontractors in mechanics lien disputes on both private and public projects.
Construction Attorneys
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