Section 1 Introduction

• Library: Prof Liability 2005

Design professional liability is conceptually a subcategory of professional liability and construction law in general, but the liability of architects, engineers, and land surveyors (“design professionals”) has very special and unique characteristics. In one respect, design professionals are analogous to other professionals, such as physicians, dentists, lawyers, and accountants. There are statutory and regulatory provisions that mandate and dictate the professional standards of competence that apply to the day-to-day practice of those professionals. In other respects, however, the liability of...