Brian Lindsey is an associate in the Lafayette office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2019 and practices with the offshore energy and maritime practice group. Brian’s practice primarily focuses on civil defense litigation for industrial, transportation, energy, and maritime companies in their direct defense and often also prosecuting the related litigation that stems from complex accidents involving multiple parties, contracts containing defense and indemnity agreements, and insurance coverage disputes. He has considerable experience in a wide variety of admiralty issues, including the Jones Act, personal injury defense, property damage, ship collisions and allisions, contract disputes, and other matters. More...More...
You can either continue to negotiate or file a lawsuit. Assuming the lien was all filed correctly, then you would have one year from the day that the lien was filed to sue. See More...
Assuming that everything was done correctly such that the lien was perfected, then you should have one year to file a lawsuit to enforce your rights under the private works act. See More...