Design Professionals--Recognizing a Duty to Inform

Authors

Richard M. Shapiro

Abstract

This Note explores the possibility of extending a duty to inform, similar to that now imposed upon physicians, to architects and engineers. The author discusses the nature of design services and the legal and policy bases for recognition of the proposed duty as a form of negligence. Finally, the Note examines the problems of proof associated with the prosecution of a claim for a failure to inform.

Recommended Citation

Richard M. Shapiro, Design Professionals--Recognizing a Duty to Inform, 30 Hastings L.J. 729 (1979).
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