We supplied material for a major job in California. A preliminary notice was filed in December 2021. Our customer has not paid the March and April invoices because they have not been paid by their customer. We are interested in filing a mechanics lien. Have we missed the deadline to file a lien?...Read More
We signed a contract in April. Estimated closing in September. Construction has not began yet because pf flooding zone permits. Now they saying estimate closing in December or January. Can we terminate that contract and get our money back?...Read More
We supplied a customer tanks and pumps, then we deliver diesel fuel into the tanks at their yard. The customers uses that diesel for their job sites. The diesel is consumed at the job sites not at the yard where the diesel is delivered to. The customer has past due invoices and have not paid. Are we allowed to file a lien on the customers yard where the diesel is delivered but not consumed.? ...Read More
If we ask for a change that generates a change order, our contractor is charging his 15% on the cost of the job AND sales tax. If the job is 1000.00 and sales tax is 80 the contractor charges us his 15% on 1080. I understand we have to pay sales tax but it doesn't seem right that the contractor profits from sales tax that we are paying....Read More
Lazer Energy delivered diesel fuel to a customer (CST) back from 12/14/21 to 2/15/22. They owe $26,823.06. Lazer Energy filed a lien on the property, but the lien was filed too late. We need an attorney to represent us in court.
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Hi, we filed a lien against a home owner who paid the money to the court (Nassau county, NY). Now the money is held by the treasury. I need your help to petition the court for a court order to release the money. One of LevelSet representatives replied to my email telling me that I should request your "satisfaction of lien" service, but I need one of your attorneys to petition the court because as I was explained by a court clerk, the fact that the homeowner paid money to the court does not mean that he won't fight with us. It just meant that he did not want the lien to be attached to the property. So, can your attorney take the proper steps?...Read More
I work at a rock quarry running at 627 push pull scraper. This was a 1997 With two rebuilt engines put in previously by the company’s mechanics at lay down yard prior to my use. This machine kept having issues . The day of the accident I kept loosing the back engine meaning it would shut down, causing me to have to pull away from my partner stop get out start it back up, call my boss and mechanic trying to get a hold of them to let them know the issue. I have text messages from this day and days prior Warning buzzer was going off and I had I’ll kinds of lights on dashboard . I Should have shut the machine down and waited to keep going until it was looked at. This was the job of my dreams and I didn’t wanna lose it scrapers never stop on a job you keep moving dirt! Back engine kept dying, this thing at problems from the start! The accident was 8/9/2018
After calling at least 40 lawyers not knowing how to do any of this, I finally settled with the first one that said they take the case. Not knowing they’re young and just trying to make a name for themselves they haven’t communicated with me on how this whole thing works! I’m at a loss, but I’m not a quitter! I need to get rid of them fast I’m running out of time nobody seems to want to take my case because it’s one of the biggest construction companies in California . My accident caused a large investigation with MSHA at the qaury Send company to get three heavy citations for gross negligence. A K Order around the scraper securing the machine on the cliff for 3 weeks so they could have Caterpillar come do a investigation, which I thought very odd why would they have caterpillar come out and do a investigation on them selves So they changed it having a Holt come out a 3rd party so they say.
And because of all of this the company got cited for three heavy citations from MSHA. Who made sure I knew that he was good Friends with this company for 20 + years. I have reason to believe that caterpillar is where the main problem is. The engines the day of the accident both engines completely shut down Freewheeling me off the cliff with seconds to try to drop my can my blade scraped over a boulder as big my bowl pulling me over the embankment rolling three times landing upside down on a cliff as wide as my machine .I believe that bolder and seatbelt saved my life along with having a full load. My machine ROPS bent completely as the cab crushed around me windows blown out the sounds metal twisting and bending.
Nobody can believe I got out of this twisted metal Alive. I couldn’t be more lucky!! I was take in an ambulance, the dr ex rated my knee sowed up my arm and sent me out the door. I felt numb and very upset!! I had to call a Union rep to pick me up from hospital 5 hours after the accident, And I have no idea why I was in the hospital the company had not called to let them now
I went to drs. Told them I didn’t know how I was feeling my body was very sore , I was confused, frantic, and wanted answers!! Approx 5 to six weeks later my neck and lower back just ached, I told there dr.s and they said I couldn’t just say that weeks after accident and wouldn’t help me, but did send me to Phycyatrist to be put on pills. From for- seen death syndrome. (Severe PTSD) Yes y back still hurts and when I turn my head left a shooting pain Goes over the top of my head and almost blinds me. What do I do somebody has to help me I know there’s a lawyer out there that will take on this challenge!! Please HELP!!...Read More
I’m a manufactured homeowner. When our home was around 5 months old, we noticed soft spots on the floors (only south end of house). Also, the dishwasher leaked and messed up the wood and paint in kitchen. A master bedroom wall is sinking in because it was not placed on a beam or anything. They have also failed to get a title for our home. Contacted them right away and was told multiple times someone was coming to check it but it was 6 months before they came, by that time soft spots had gotten worse and started spreading. Contractor told us there was a broken sewage line under house and moisture was cause of floor problems. They said there were two holes in the vapor barrier on that side of house and our brick skirting was not ventilated properly. My husband fixed the sewer line that day, contractor said to call when dry under house and they would repair the vapor barrier and fix kitchen damage. Contractor was submitting report to home manufacturer to determine who would fix floors. He said they would call us within 2-3 days but they never contacted us. We contacted them and they told us due to poor ventilation they were not fixing floor. We told them vapor barrier, which they were responsible for setting up, had holes in it where the soft spots started and the length of time it took for them to finally send someone was a major factor of the problem. Also, since SBA (mortgage lender), did not get the titles to our home they have refused to disburse the remainder of our loan. We have been unable to get our home back to pre-Hurricane shape because of our inability to get remainder of loan money. ...Read More
A regular customer (active for over a year) recently went out of business. No preliminary lien notice was filed (i.e. deadline was not made, so nothing was filed) to secure lien rights. If we cannot file a lien or put a claim on the contractor's bond, what can we do? We are the subcontractor for the project....Read More
I have a little bit of original contract work left on the job. I supplied material and performed installation labor. My office slipped up and did not file an NTO. Am I still able to file an NTO? ...Read More
Hi Lawyers:
I hired a General Contractor to build an "in law" house on my North Carolina property. There was no officially set delivery schedule on the time and materials-ish contract. The project is near done, but has taken 2 years, through multiple excusable and inexcusable delays. We had a serious talk, and I demanded he needed to communicate ahead of additional; work, and delays. He agreed, claiming he had gone through a "personal rough time". 3 months afterwards, more delays, causing the electrical utility to postpone connection. The GC has stopped returning calls for the last 2-3 weeks. He failed to provide the utility (Duke) a response to required paperwork.
Do I need to take any action before getting a lawyer to help with this ? What kind of law firm?
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Valid Pa contract for 15% is in place. The insured does not want to pay us. We took them from 0 to 70K now you know the routine, the 3-party checks are in and they want to negotiate the contract....Read More