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Developer not insured under SDI policy, cannot claim damages

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“In a recent appellate decision in New York, a developer sued its construction manager for fraudulent misrepresentation that the construction manager had obtained full Subguard™ coverage [subcontractor default insurance or “SDI”] to protect developer against default by the largest subcontractor – concrete superstructure – on a Manhattan hi-rise project.  The developer alleged it relied on defendant’s representation and suffered damages when the subcontractor defaulted and there was no SDI for the default.

The court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the complaint because (1) the developer was not an insured under the SDI policy (only contractors are named insureds under such SDI policies), thus it could not claim damages under the policy even if it had been in place, (2) the failure of the construction manager to perform a contract duty cannot be transformed into a tort by merely alleging a fraud of its performance, (3) the construction manager had no “special relationship of trust and confidence” with the developer merely from an arm’s length business relationship and thus claims of reliance on the construction manager’s expertise did not give rise to a confidential relationship that might support such a claim, and (4) the developer could not support its claim that it justifiably relied on the representation because the developer did not inquire if the subcontractor was covered and the contract acknowledged that not all subcontractors may be qualified to be admitted into the SDI program.”

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Construction, Developer, Subcontractor Default Insurance (SDI), Subguard

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