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- Improving Productivity, Risk Management, Safety, Uncategorized
- June 22, 2021
January 2019 Edition by R. Scott Heasley, Esq., Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis, LPA Prompt Pay Acts can serve as a blessing or a curse for subcontractors and suppliers. The blessing: If a general contractor refuses to pay for a subcontractor’s work after it has received payment from the owner, the subcontractor can recover 18
READ MOREJanuary 2019 Edition by American Subcontractors Association ASA, along with The Surety & Fidelity Association of America, submitted a “friend-of-the-court” brief on Jan. 4, 2019, asking the Ohio Supreme Court to limit awards greatly in excess of legitimate claims in breach of contract cases involving multiple defendants. The case—Waverly City School District Board of Education
READ MOREJanuary 2019 Edition by Brian K. Carroll, Esq., Sanderford & Carroll, P.C. Recently, the Texas Supreme Court has decided a case that has potentially wide-reaching consequences to any subcontractor that operates a carpooling program. Under the recently decided case of Painter v. Amerimex Drilling I, Ltd., subcontractors can be on the hook for any accident
READ MOREJanuary 2019 Edition by R. Russell O’Rourke, Esq., Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis, LPA Can you serve a preliminary notice too early? In Ohio there is an unfortunate court of appeals case that says YES! The case that misinterprets the Ohio statutory law and truly harms subcontractors and suppliers is the 2010 12th District Court
READ MOREJanuary 2019 Edition by Jordan R. Pavlus, Esq., Byrne, Costello & Pickard, P.C. It has long been known that a statutory system whereby construction funds are to be held in “trust” for beneficiaries is favorable to subcontractors. There are many reasons for this, but the crux behind it is that payments received by general contractors
READ MOREJanuary 2019 Edition by Jordan R. Pavlus, Esq., Byrne, Costello & Pickard, P.C. Many states have a statutory scheme whereby a general contractor is required to hold construction monies it receives in “trust” for trust fund beneficiaries. In this respect, the general contractor serves as the trustee and the subcontractor serves as the trust fund
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