Overview: This seminar will explore risk shifting provisions in real estate and construction contracts, including provisions related to indemnification and insurance requirements. It will provide practical tips to assist attendees in understanding and negotiating such provisions to ensure that risk is appropriately managed and insured. It will also provide an overview of the relevant law, including the evolution and enforcement of additional insured provisions, court treatment of common provisions connected to insurance, anti-indemnity statutes, and an overview general indemnity principles.
Speaker Bios:
Amanda M. Leffler, Esq.
Amanda is Managing Partner of Shumaker's Akron office and is Certified as a Specialist in Insurance Coverage Law by the Ohio State Bar Association. She is a member of Shumaker’s Litigation & Disputes Service Line, where she focuses on insurance recovery. Amanda is routinely successful in compelling insurers to honor their coverage obligations. She has helped her clients recover amounts ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars and has assisted in critical amicus efforts to develop and protect the law for the benefit of policyholders.
P. Wesley Lambert, Esq.
Recognized by Chambers USA for his work in the Insurance Recovery field and recognized by Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation and insurance law, Wesley is a trusted advocate for policyholders and businesses facing complex, high-stakes disputes. As a member of Shumaker's Litigation & Disputes Service Line, he leverages multidisciplinary strengths to drive results in both his insurance recovery and commercial litigation practices. Clients rely on his practical judgment and strategic execution, an approach reflected in his AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell and repeated recognition by Ohio Super Lawyers®. He has helped policyholder clients realize significant recoveries of insurance assets, representing organizations of all sizes in matters that are often complex, novel, and mission-critical.
1.0 CLE Hours