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The property that we remodeled is situated in MO but the contractor lives in Kansas. Where do we file a lawsuit of unpaid labor services?
Missouri2014 customer contacts me through Home Advisor, needing concrete porch & steps. I do job, he pays, no problem. Fast forward 6 years, he plagues me with voicemails that he has cracking and needs me to take a look, and asks which form of payment do I want, cash or check? I finally get there, as this job is 2 hours from my area, on large Lake. We discuss issue and he agrees to my price of $10,800.00 for demo of a portion of concrete and repour. I do job, renting jack hammer, other equipment, buy concrete, and pay my guys, job turns out good. My findings are that the cause of this isse is his place was built on filldirt, and everything is sinking. Job is complete, I knock on door to submit bill, NO Answer! I leave bill in door, 2 weeks later ... No Payment. I stop up there yesterday, lights go out when I pull in, I pound on door, he answers with an attitude... saying he's not paying but $3,000.00! He doesn't feel he should pay, I say, why should I pay for your house being built on fill, everything is now settling after 20 years. He says "I wanted the job done"! He apparently sent check for 3K, still owes 7,800.00. What are my Rights!
VirginiaI am an owner of a dump truck with no contract with the prime contractor. I have not been compensated for the use of my dump truck and the labor to operate my dump truck. I filed a stop notice with the owner of the project back in December 2019. I have not received payment. The project is federal aided and there is a bond for the project.
CaliforniaWe're apartment locators, where properties agree to pay us typically one months rent for every successful client that we bring them to lease at their property. Lately, we've had properties that will ignore our invoices, some to the tune of ~$50K total outstanding. We have some properties with signed vendor agreements stating they agree to pay with net60 terms, but still we're struggling to find any way of enforcing these terms. Can we file a lien against a property for past due invoices?
TexasWe are a distributor that provided product for a job that completed almost 2 years ago. We did not file a notice to owner and we never received payment for the product. The customer is no longer returning our calls. Besides sending the customer to collections is there any other legal avenue we can take at this point?
FloridaWe are a small civil engineering and surveying company. We completed $10,695.50 in surveying services that included identifying the deed boundaries, re-staked the wetlands and topo of their personal property. The client has yet to pay and currently over 61+ days. What is the best course of action?
WashingtonI'm a subcontractor after I completed a job. The supervisor on the project ask me to come back to do more work. I informed him that I would have to bill him for additional work. He said ok just send invoice to his boss. When I sent the invoice to his boss he told me he did not approve the extra work and that all extra work had to be approved in writing by him beforehand. He said maybe the supervisor would pay me personally. I have been trying to reach out to him about this but no response.
TexasHow do you initiate enforcement of a lien that the property owner refugees to pay?
IdahoIn GA, our customer contracted directly with the property owner. We sent our prelim to the the customer and owner. Owner then pays our customer directly in full. We never provided any waivers to our customer. Is the owner in violation of any lien law for not verifying that we were paid, or is there anything we can do?
GeorgiaI am an interior/ exterior painter whom was denied access to finish exterior painting work as agreed in upcoming spring season without just cause.. What recourse do i have?
New YorkI was hired by amuse rides over the phone, to fly from Utah to Georgia, to work rebuilding old roller coaster. 4 th day was injured when I slipped on ice while loading lumber.foreman told me to keep quiet about injury on the job paid with credit card for immediate care for xrays. Was put on light duty. Then payroll was 5 days late so I flew home. Amuse refused to pay me 1400$ plus 600 per diem. They charged me for both airfare coming and going and hotel expenses while I worked for them.
GeorgiaI did a lot of work and he didn’t pay final invoice
DelawareWe are considering doing a job in Guam on a military project. We would be the material suppliers hired by the GC. What are my rights? What do I need to keep in mind to make sure we're protected?
TexasThere is no bond involved. I want to send a notice to the customer that the GC has defaulted on payment but the language in the Notice of Nonpayment is clearly set up for bonded jobs.
FloridaI am a small company hired directly to do some work in Fl for a daycare. The owner spoke to me the owner and texted me and added work after contract was completed. Now saying all work was listed
On contract. And will not pay for work already completed. Can you guide
Me of options.
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