by W. Jay Brown | Jan 16, 2021 | Construction Law, Real Estate Law
Michigan law allows a contractor who makes an improvement to real property to record a construction lien against the owner of the property to secure repayment. Once the lien is recorded, it is then served on the property owner. This unnerves most homeowners who...
by W. Jay Brown | Dec 1, 2010 | Business Law, Construction Law
Recently, the Michigan Court of Appeals released its decision in Cedroni Associates, Inc. v Tombilson, Harburn Associates Architects & Planners, Inc. (docket # 287024, released 11/16/10) which provides new avenues for the disappointed low bidder to challenge the...
by W. Jay Brown | Jan 22, 2010 | Business Law, Commercial Law, Construction Law
It’s a typical scenario- a subcontractor or supplier is owed money from a contractor but hasn’t perfected a right to a construction lien. The subcontractor or supplier think they are out of luck and are stuck with an uncollectable breach of contract claim against an...