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Beginning with suits filed on or after September 1, 2015, defendants in Texas will get additional protection for their financial information. In the past, plaintiffs could secure net worth information simply by making a discovery request. Now, plaintiffs are required to file a motion for seeking the information and show they have a “substantial likelihood” that their claim will be successful. This new law, designed to promote settlement, it is almost a pseudo-trial on the sufficiency of the punitive damage case.

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San Francisco construction group partner Gregory J. Gangitano prevailed in a bid protest involving a hospital project in San Diego County, California. Mr. Gangitano represented one of the prime contractor bidders, Kitchell Contractors, Inc., in a protest of the award of the contract for the build out of the shell space of the new heart and vascular building for Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa, California. Kitchell was the third lowest bidder for the project. Mr. Gangitano lodged a protest on Kitchell’s behalf to the first and second low bids submitted by McCarthy Building Companies and Swinerton Builders. Although Kitchell’s protest was based on multiple factors, the primary ground was Kitchell’s belief that McCarthy and Swinerton failed to list subcontractors in their bids that possessed the amount of healthcare construction experience required by the bid specifications. The bid specifications required subcontractors to possess a minimum of 7 years of experience with projects under the jurisdiction of the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD). Following a full hearing before members of the Grossmont Healthcare District and its general counsel, the District rejected all bids and advertised the project for re-bidding by prequalified prime contractors.

Mr. Gangitano represents contractors in a wide variety of matters involving public construction projects, including bid protests, subcontractor substitutions, bond claims and payment disputes.

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