Does The “Spearin Doctrine” Still Apply In An Integrated Project Design World?

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In Coughlin Elec. Contractors, Inc. v. Gilbane Building Co., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court asked whether participation in the design process negates a contractor’s common law Spearin doctrine protection. Subcontractor alleged that it suffered a forty-nine percent increase in labor …