Property Owners, Subcontractors, Appeals

Perfecting Service of a Mechanic’s Lien Claim in Pennsylvania

Houston Harbaugh, P.C. on 4/2/2025

Generally speaking, when a party files a Mechanic’s Lien Claim (“Lien Claim”) in Pennsylvania, the Lien Claim needs to be served on the Respondent by the sheriff of the county where the property owner is registered to do...more

California Appeals Court Says No Duty to Defend Where Policy Exclusion Applies

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/8/2023

In Ali Heidari v. Golden Bear Insurance, a California appeals court recently affirmed a lower court’s decision to deny relief under a CGL policy, where the policy excluded from coverage work performed by subcontractors under...more

In Alabama, Not All Debts Are Created Equal

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/15/2019

Alabama’s materialman’s lien statute (specifically, Ala. Code § 35-11-211) was intended to provide construction lenders priority over materialmen as to debts relating to construction projects, and this intent was recently...more

“Good Faith” May Not Be Good Enough: California Supreme Court to Decide When General Contractors Can Withhold Retention

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/8/2018

It is industry standard in California for owners of a construction project to make monthly payments to a contractor for work it has completed, less a certain percentage that is withheld as a guarantee of future satisfactory...more

Upheld: Injured Subcontractor’s Lent Employee Has No Claim Against Landowner or General Contractor After Choosing Workers’...

Snell & Wilmer on 5/26/2015

In Lee v. M and H Enterprises, Inc., — P.3d —- (decided Apr. 21, 2015), the Arizona Court of Appeals recently clarified why, in most cases, landowners and general contractors are not liable when subcontractor employees are...more

A Virginia Mechanic's Lien Refresher, Courtesy of Jack Bays

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/29/2013

In February 2013 the Supreme Court of Virginia handed down its decision in Jack Bays, a mechanic’s lien lawsuit involving the landowner, several lenders, the general contractor and no fewer than eleven subcontractors....more