May 28, 2026 By: Rick Rowe, B.C.S. You installed plumbing systems on a project. Now you find yourself stuck in a construction defect lawsuit, alongside the general contractor and other subcontractors. You review the owner’s complaint and see that, while perhaps the word “plumbing” appears once, the claim obviously focuses on other building components totally unrelated to plumbing – stucco, roof, or window defects, for example.