California High Court Expands Architect Liability

An architect in California owes a duty of care to future homeowners, with whom the architect has no contract, when designing residential property. This applies when the architect has comprehensive design responsibilities and is not furnishing its design services as a subcontractor to another technically sophisticated entity.

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