Construction Defect Claims: The "Occurrence" Debate Continues/Are State Statutes The Answer?

Summary: Clifford J. Shapiro, Chair of the Construction Law Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chicago, IL, will provide a brief history of the "occurrence" issue in the construction defect context, report on the current state of the law in the United States (including a 50 state survey), and discuss recent state statutes that were enacted to attempt to address the issue.