In a significant victory secured by Lee & Lum, LLP for its clients, the Appellate Division, First Department has reversed a lower court decision, thereby granting our motion to dismiss on behalf of our clients, defendants Rosemex Inc. and Mecar Metal Inc., against their former manufacturer’s representative, plaintiff SRS Enterprises, Inc. Our clients, who were manufacturers, supplied custom heating enclosures and other materials to a condominium project at the request of SRS Enterprises, Inc.
Read MoreIn effect, the Executive Order purports to shut down all construction of housing units except for those for affordable units and homeless shelters. Further, the construction of on-going projects must come to a stop unless it is unsafe to leave the project as it stands now.
Read MoreMany of our clients in the real estate development industry have asked us whether a subcontractor, materialman, and laborer can file a lien against a construction project even if there was no contract between the client and those individuals/entities. It comes as a shock to those clients when we tell them yes.
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