1/22/2025 11:15:04 AM Understanding the "Mitigation of Damages" Doctrine By Jeffrey Nix Claimants who suffer damages due to the acts or omissions of another cannot, in most instances, just sit back and allow such costs and...
1/15/2025 11:45:06 AM A Primer on Sick Building Syndrome By Jeffrey Nix “Sick Building Syndrome” otherwise known as poor indoor air quality ("IAQ") renders building occupants sick and/or makes pre-existing...
12/4/2024 2:02:49 PM Revisiting the 1976 Legionnaires Disease Outbreak! By Jeffrey Nix Those of us who recall the 1976 outbreak of Legionnaires disease should remember the scare of a possible flu-like pandemic. Those who...
11/13/2024 11:45:18 AM When do Agents Have Authority to Bind Principals to Contracts? By Jeffrey Nix Construction attorney’s deal with construction contracts on a daily basis. We are constantly drafting, editing, negotiating, and...
10/16/2024 10:15:06 AM Should Prevailing Parties in Litigation Recover Attorney's Fees? By Jeffrey Nix Parties who prevail in litigation throughout the US are generally not entitled to recover costs and attorneys fees, unless provided by...
10/9/2024 10:30:56 AM The A, B, C's, of the Asphalt Pavement Criss- Crossing Our Country! By Jeffrey Nix The National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956, or ACT, established the interstate highway system throughout the United States...
9/25/2024 11:00:50 AM Tracing Atlanta's Drinking Water from Source to End User By Jeffrey Nix Atlanta distributes between 70 and 115 million gallons of water per day, to more than 1.2 million end users spread across 379 square...
9/18/2024 10:00:03 AM So What do Lawyers do Anyway? By Jeffrey Nix This was the question, posed by my 16 year old great-niece, having flown in from Alaska and meeting me for the first time. It was a...
9/4/2024 10:30:56 AM What's Up With all the Water Main Breaks in Atlanta? By Jeffrey Nix There are approximately 2,800+ miles of water mains distributing water throughout Atlanta. These water mains vary in both size and...
8/21/2024 12:00:22 PM Understanding How Conflict of Law Rules Impact Your Transaction? By Jeffrey Nix Conflict of law rules or CLR come into play when a transaction or occurrence involves more than one State or Country. And this occurs...
8/7/2024 10:00:58 AM How “Digital Twins” Could Transform Design and Construction By Jeffrey Nix A digital twin is a digitized model of a real-life asset that is duplicated with both imagery and data on a real-time basis. Updates...
7/24/2024 1:25:16 PM Understanding Negligence and the Doctrine of "Proximate Cause"! By Jeffrey Nix Not every wrong gives rise to a remedy! This principle is especially applicable to tort law. A tort is the breach of a public duty...