During Justice Hanlon’s tenure on the Superior Court, he supervised and settled more than two dozen residential, commercial, and industrial construction defect cases which involved homeowners associations, developers, architects, contractors, subcontractors, and their insurers. Justice Hanlon authored or participated in several Court of Appeals decisions involving the rights and responsibilities of these construction industry professionals, property owners, and managers.
Representative Matters
- Arbitrated claim against contractor for failure to perform under contract and failure to complete the project in a workmanlike manner
- Arbitrated discrimination case brought by builder against a municipal district
- Arbitrated dispute between competing national cable TV providers regarding installation of cable network
- Mediated a case regarding significant issues of trespass during construction
- Mediated a dispute over lighting installation in a school under the school district's contract
- Mediated dispute between general contractor and the owner/operator of the business for the premises regarding the quality of work and amount due under the contract
- Mediated dispute involving claims of negligent construction against contractor and subcontractors leading to significant fire damage
- Special Master for a case involving a major project for single family homes with defective and mis-installed windows and significant damage to the project by water invasion
