RICHARD BYRNE, ESQ. AUTHORS CHAPTER ON MEDIATING CONSTRUCTION CLAIMS IN THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION'S BOOK “RESOLVING INSURANCE DISPUTES BEFORE TRIAL”
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“Construction is a dangerous business and, unfortunately, injuries to construction workers are not uncommon events, with the extent of injuries ranging from the minor to the catastrophic including death. The mediation of a personal injury claim in the context of a construction setting adds numerous variables for a mediator that are not present in the more contract-based claims and defenses inherent in construction defect litigation and claims for delay/extras.”
“Mediation is an attractive option in the context of construction claims. Great advance work needs to be employed in order to effectively coordinate and address the issues, often entailing a series of preliminary telephone calls, meetings, small scale pre-mediation sessions and the like as a means by which foundational goals can be identified and, hopefully achieved.”
– Richard P. Byrne, Esq.
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New York, NY (October 24, 2018) NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation), one of the nation's leading providers of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, is proud to announce that Richard P. Byrne, Esq. has authored a chapter for the American Bar Association's (ABA) Tort & Insurance Practice Section book entitled Resolving Insurance Claim Disputes Before Trial.
Mr. Byrne's chapter, Construction Claims: A Mediator's Perspective, describes how Mediation is a preferred option when resolving construction claims, which can often “evolve into one of the most complex, expensive, unwieldy, and exasperating types of litigation”. He further states that Mediation “is the only forum where all of the parties' respective interests can be addressed in one setting” and is “the most effective route for parties to gather, air, and resolve the wide range of disparate interests presented, circumventing years of expensive and ultimately unsatisfying litigation.”
For more information about the publication, visit the American Bar Association's Resolving Insurance Claim Disputes Before Trial..
Mr. Byrne has successfully mediated issues in a wide variety of specialty areas, including construction matters, commercial disputes, employment discrimination claims, employment contract disputes, wage and hour/FLSA claims, complex personal injury and property damage claims, insurance and reinsurance matters, risk transfer disputes and life, health and disability claims. For the fourth consecutive year, he was voted one of the Top 3 Mediators in the country by the 2018 National Law Journal Annual Reader Rankings Survey, and for the third year in a row he was named a National Law Journal 2018 Alternative Dispute Resolution Champion, as part of a select group of only 46 nationwide. He was also voted one of the Top 10 Mediators by the 2018 New York Law Journal Annual Survey for the fifth straight year. Mr. Byrne regularly writes and lectures on Alternative Dispute Resolution topics.
Richard P. Byrne, Esq. is available to mediate cases throughout the United States.
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